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Posted by booacabbyl (U14298284) on Sunday, 27th June 2010
just been over the allotment to find the man i share with has decided to mix, thoroughly,the full bin of ready compost with all his weeds.He says it wont rot anymore without greens in it.It took a year to make!!!and he has given me a composting for all booklet.makes interesting reading apparently!!oh well, have to laugh i suppose...on the plus side i pulled my first new spuds out today,lovely.
Just think of the lovely spuds and all the other delicious things to come this year and the lovely compost - next year.
Theres greens and theres weeds. You really need 2 or 3 bins for compost. One for new waste one rotting and one ready to use. You can manage ok with 2 but one is not easy at all if you have an allotment because you get lots of material to put in through the year. At least you have some to look forward to weed free i hope.
What made me so mad was he added 3 more pallets the week before to make space for this years compost.i spent an hour moving the old heap over,it was lovely stuff! He is slightly obsessed with composting but doesnt seem to read the stuff he gives us.we have seperate poo piles,leaves and a wormery.He chucks the liquid out of the wormery.The allotment is an huge garden right across the road,so lucky to get it.the old man who lets us use it,gave up on it.it was completely covered in a kind of brown heathery stuff,reminds me of the old horsehair stuffing!its taken two years to clear our half,still don't know what it is.
thanks for letting me rant.i love this message board,so many people with so much knowledge.x
Can you post a photo of the heather-like stuff you have been clearing? Someone on here is bound to give you an idea of what it might be.
I think you need to have a meeting. Its seems stupid to mess it up on purpose so either he is awkward or just not understanding. Put a notice on the compost to say dont add anthing else to it. Then he can start filling the second bin.
Does he actually know how the wormery works and which part you use etc. I think you have to show him rather than expecting him to know. A lot of people plod along in ignorance using things wrongly. If you physically show him how to use all the things you have that may solve the problem. If he carries on being awkward maybe you should split the plot in two permanently.
Or just ask for the liquid?
Lottie
!!oh well, have to laugh i suppose...
I`m pleased you are laughing(bet you were not) because I would have been furious.
Some people just don`t think??
Thanks for all the feedback.The annoying thing is that he has been on a composting course,got the wormery through his promoting them for the council and helps at a permaculture school! never mind. i will try and putup a picture of the heather.
I know someone like this
"I think I know best"
" I have about 40 years on you lad"
Just two of the things I hear a lot....the best thing is my plot is two times as big as the plot they have and I keep my plot nice
If I do say so myself.
Just hold your own and try and make them see the problem...we can't all be right all of the time...I know i'm not.
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