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Four R’s
About three years ago, I posted a short series on the theme of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Today, I have spotted a fourth R to join them: Rot. It is another stage before disposing of something and...
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I am building a compost bin out of discarded pallets for our new place. However the particular pallets we found for this job had wide gaps between each slat, which isn’t ideal for the job of holding...
View ArticleConstructive Energy — II
I went back last night and finished my compost bin. As planned, the first job was nailing battens to reduce the gaps between planks and the earplugs were a boon. However, on assembling the pieces I...
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The Completed Compost Bin
You can see the completed compost bin on Flickr along with notes on the different stages.
View ArticlePee Power
I saw an interesting article on New Scientist recently entitled “Pee is for power: Your electrifying excretions“. It outlines some recent advances in using urine as a source of energy. And why not?...
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Moving the Compost Bin
Compost Bin One of the things we did this weekend was move our compost bin. It now sits a bit further into the front garden and rotated 90° from the previous position. Since the last picture I took of...
View ArticleOff For a Lesson
Jane and I are off to Chastleton House, a National Trust property in North Oxfordshire, today for a composting workshop being run in their gardens. We’ve been composters for years but it should be...
View ArticleComposting
How was the composting workshop on Saturday I (rhetorically) hear you ask? Very good, thank you. I cannot say that I learned a lot but then I have been composting for years, have read numerous books on...
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