I’ve just got a compost bin for my garden and have filled it with vegetable peelings and garden cuttings (bits of hedge and lawnmower cuttings). When i open the lid there are LOADS of small flies (not bluebottles…much smaller) buzzing around inside. Is that normal? It’s quite unpleasant in there!
Garotta will help to rot down your rubbish quicker and should also cut down on the flies.
How can you remove the smell from plant food on linens?
I accidentally left some plant food in a poorly ventilated storage closet and now everything (and I mean everything) smells really terrible – almost like animal urine. I would guess it’s from the nitrates, but nothing seems to work! I’ve tried laundering, baking in the sunshine, air fresheners and a vinegar solution spray. Can anyone help?
A good washing and hanging on the clothes line for a couple of days has always worked for me. Try hanging them on the line longer.
Can I put hard boiled eggs in a compost or a worm bin?
Hi, I have about a dozen hard boiled eggs left over and I was wondering if I can put them in my compost bin or my worm bin. I’ve always read you can add the egg shells but never on weather the contents of the eggs shells can go in and why not if they can’t. Anyway, if I have a preference it would be to give them to the worms as we’ve been light in feeding them this week. Thanks!
yes but this requires a specially designed composter. Composters that can handle meat and milk products have several common features.
1) They are air tight or otherwise designed to contain odours.
2) They have reinforced sides to keep scavengers out.
3) They have aerating features that bring fresh oxygen in and promote the activity of aerobic bacteria, or in the case of the bokashi composters, they use special anaerobic bacteria.
4) They are insulated to generate high temperatures that thermophilic bacteria use to break down proteins.
The Mariposa
Elsewhere in the world, the Mariposa is known as the Butterfly orchid. Scientifically, it is called the Phalaenopsis, and it is arguably the most graceful of all orchids. Of course, it resembles a butterfly in flight and it is the most common orchid plant in Asia, Europe, and America. Half of the Phalaenopsis species and varieties worldwide are found in our country. There are countless hybrids … Making an Olla plant self watering clay pot on the potters wheel demo how to make a Ingleton Pottery
