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This is probably the best investment you can make for your garden this year. We get asked so often about home composting, with most people’s solutions far from functional. We see a lot of smelly rot systems and the dreaded plastic sweat bins, with many putting their food waste in the states collections and their green waste to the tip, then buying compost as if the two are unrelated… so we figured we’d start making up simple home systems with a fact/cheat sheet. Most of the systems we run simply don’t scale down so easily, so with a bit of inspiration from our friend Josh over the pond, we have built this to test at home. The wire frame ensures aeration, a key component of the composting process, the connection to the soil enables the biology to get busy, and the tub… well the tub does many things, it collects rain water, makes for an easy drop off for kitchen and garden scraps when passing and also provides a great place to pre mix your materials before tipping into the wire stack below. We have three in beta at present to iron out any details and then we’ll be building to order. Interested? Pre order with us now to get one of the first off the shelf. #soilhealth #soilfoodweb #soilbiology #composting #homecomposting #zerowaste #gardening #compost #soil

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Compost . . At the bottom of the garden I have two large compost bins, I got these through a link on @leicscountyhall website to a company called getcomposting, which the council sunsidice so each large bin was only £13! Bargain. . I have been surprised by how much these bins have changed my mind set about waste! I now get a weekly fruit and vegetable delivery from @wonkyvegboxes so there is no food packaging that I can't compost. . Downside my Google is full of " can I compost …." . By using this for all fruit and vegetable waste I have really noticed a reduction in the amount coming in the black bin ( non-recyclable) . If you have a little bit of room in your garden I would really recommend adding a compost bin . . #compost #composting #firsttimegardener #gardentherapy #garden #growyourown #gardener #gardenproject #homegrown #plotlife #allotmentuk #gardendesign #leicestershire #mentalhealth #gardening #foodwaste

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