By: Marrisa

Marrisa — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:53:29 +0000

Sooooo.....when do you get time to rest??? You obviously dont drink copious amounts of alcohol like I do!! Ha ha, you are craazy! Amazing Julie, that 'structure' is worth it weight in gold. xx I think that your bundle of joy in Bethany is what keeps you busy - oh and that drinking maybe. Loved your post about the westpac event! JT.

By: Ruta M.

Ruta M. — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:50:58 +0000

Very impressive construction. I'm the last person to give advice on compost bins as the bins I constructed 15 years ago have almost disintegrated. I say constructed not made because they were pretty Heath Robinson being made of 4 wooden pallets lashed together with rope on the concrete base in the hen run. To get the compost out or to turn it I undid the front pallet but they did do the job. One bin I covered with carpet that has now rotted into lots of plastic threads, maybe I left it too long, and the other bin I left open so the hens could have a scratch around in the scraps and weeds. One nasty surprise was the rats' nest I discovered when I was turning the compost, yuk. One of the reasons I placed the bins in the hens' run was to minimise the distance needed to carry out the old woodshavings and muck when cleaning out the hens. I prefer woodshavings to straw as they don't get wet and nasty and I get them free either from the wood working dept up at the college or at a local joiner. Yikes Ruta, rats in the compost. Good job ours is behind the barn away from the house. I've been using sawdust for the chickens but they don't like it much. I'll try and get some wood shavings from the timber processors in town. Great idea, don't know why I didn't think of that before now! JT

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