Posted by Dave H on November 10, 2005, 8:32 am
> |> <SNIP>
> |> >...I
> |> > suppose a cold heap actually _is_ a wormery, so there's little point
> |> > in having both.
> |> >
> |> > I must have said here before that I think wormeries, as such, are an
> |> > interesting hobby for a while but otherwise pretty pointless.
> |>
> |> Surely one can put more in a wormery - cooked food etc. that one would
not
> |> want to put on the heap?
> Not at all. One can put anything on a cold heap that one can put
> on any other form of composter, and then some. And many of us
> do ....
that, of course is true, but every time we put any kitchen waste on the heap
we get visits from the local rat population. so we chuck all our kitchen
scraps
into the wormery and they get through it in doublequick time. with the added
advantage of a liquid feed byproduct.
Dave H
Posted by Jaques d'Alltrades on November 10, 2005, 9:42 am
from nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
> |> <SNIP>
> |>
> |> Surely one can put more in a wormery - cooked food etc. that one
> would not
> |> want to put on the heap?
> Not at all. One can put anything on a cold heap that one can put
> on any other form of composter, and then some. And many of us
> do ....
But that's (preferably) only a rat-proof composter.
I haven't put anything like that on my heap, and it has rat holes in it
now. (And the heap's in such a position that it would be dangerous to
try to pick them off with the air rifle.)
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Posted by La puce on November 10, 2005, 11:21 am
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
> I haven't put anything like that on my heap, and it has rat holes in it
> now. (And the heap's in such a position that it would be dangerous to
> try to pick them off with the air rifle.)
I've tried. I really I have tried to understand, a) the position of
your heap, b) the picking with an air rifle and c) piking what? Rats?
You pick off rats from your heap with an air rifle? Why don' t you try
it with a long ... er.. fork, prongs or ... a stick?!!
<stare>
Do you shoot the rats before you pick them? Is that it?
Posted by Jaques d'Alltrades on November 10, 2005, 6:25 pm
> Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
> > I haven't put anything like that on my heap, and it has rat holes in it
> > now. (And the heap's in such a position that it would be dangerous to
> > try to pick them off with the air rifle.)
> I've tried. I really I have tried to understand, a) the position of
> your heap, b) the picking with an air rifle and c) piking what? Rats?
> You pick off rats from your heap with an air rifle? Why don' t you try
> it with a long ... er.. fork, prongs or ... a stick?!!
> <stare>
> Do you shoot the rats before you pick them? Is that it?
Je suis le tireur qui descend les rats.
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Posted by La puce on November 11, 2005, 6:02 am
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
> Je suis le tireur qui descend les rats.
:o))) Lovely. I see you've travelled a bit, Leon d'Alltrades <g>
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> |> >...I
> |> > suppose a cold heap actually _is_ a wormery, so there's little point
> |> > in having both.
> |> >
> |> > I must have said here before that I think wormeries, as such, are an
> |> > interesting hobby for a while but otherwise pretty pointless.
> |>
> |> Surely one can put more in a wormery - cooked food etc. that one would
not
> |> want to put on the heap?
> Not at all. One can put anything on a cold heap that one can put
> on any other form of composter, and then some. And many of us
> do ....