Stormer999

Question for the Chch gardeners amongst you. When we arrived at our rental I peered into the garden compost bin.....it was full of old grass cuttings, bone dry and a nice little warm hide away for lots of spiders. We have been here 5 weeks and have not totalled that much rain, in fact 1 day. Is it possible to start a compost heap here and if so how?

theghostofdustybin

Put it somewhere it will get the sun and water it. A nice bit of carpet to cover the top of the pile works wonders too.

Although tis not the best time of year for these things, it will work, just slower. Also dont just use grass. You need a mix of things, egg shells, veg peelings , tea bags, borwn paper etc etc etc.
You can buy 'stuff' from the garden center to help the process along if that is you thing.

BEVS

Did the 'pidies peer back?

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You can compost down there. It needs external warmth. Layering. Green ( grass cuttings a bit) , brown ( leaves , twigs, manure) and non-meat kitchen type scraps as GofDB says, plus a comfy blankie.

We stick a bit of corrugated iron on top of ours on and off of a winter .

Stormer999

They all ran and hid when I stuck my hand in to feel the temperature.......why a piccy ?
Is it the small red worms down here that do the munching?

Bo-Jangles

You need to pee on it.

Stormer999

Ah that will be a good excuse for more tinnies then......Speights Gold....

Thats another thing....why is so much NZ beer in bottles....

scrubbedexpat094

Yes I was going to say that he needs urine on it. Ask Bob Flowerdew if he can pop over & pi$$ on it for you

BEVS

Thought that was for the lemon tree.

See the colour and content and coz I'm nosey about such things. My compost pile is in two apple crates.

scrubbedexpat094

Never pi$$ed on my lemon trees & they produce loads of fruit. Have got a glut of limes going on at present. Mandarins are ripening nicely too

Note to self: Must get a compost heap going

Stormer999

Is it the roots you pee on or a ladder for the branches....

Bo-Jangles

Have you not seen the World's Fastest Indian?

Stormer999

Yes an excellent film and the family said it was well portrayed by Hopkins...

BEVS

It is you Stormer999 , being a male of our species , that pees on the ground around said lemon tree. For some reason Mr BEVS refuses to do this as the tree is by the main gate. I argue that we are up a private shared drive & among kiwis and friends but that falls on deaf ears.



edit....

One would not pee on a ladder. It might rot.

sparkie down under

What's wrong with Mr Bevs I thought all us blokes were the same, pee anywhere...............I'm like a dog, I've peed on it therefore it's mine