Opened the bin this morning and the underside of the lid is covered in tiny white specks that jump when I get close. There are also small white things crawling in the bedding near the top. The worms look fine and are…
Built a cubic metre pile in one go, mixed leaves and grass and some horse manure. It climbed to about 140F within 48 hours, held for three days, and then dropped to ambient over the next week. I've turned it twice since…
Filled a 200 litre dual chamber tumbler with two weeks of kitchen scraps, coffee grounds and some grass clippings. It's now a heavy sludge that sloshes when I turn it, and opening the hatch smells sharply of ammonia.…
Garden is about five metres by five, mostly paved, and we produce maybe four litres of kitchen scraps a week plus a bit of garden waste. Neighbours are close on two sides so I'm wary of anything that smells or attracts…
First year composting and I'm somewhere with real winters, snow cover from November to March and the pile frozen solid for a good chunk of it. Started the pile in June, it's now a dark crumbly mass with recognisable…