Hi All,
As what I would have described as 'reluctant gardening' has become more of an interest over the years, we saw Hotbin advertised and thought it would be ideal to help tackle what seemed to be an ever expanding pile of garden waste.
Well, we've had it about three weeks now and are starting to get enthused. It was a bit slow going at first, with the temperature inside only sitting at about 40C. In fact, we were starting to get concerned we weren't operating it properly. However, in this last few days the thing has been getting really active. The inside temperature is now just under 70C! This may be due to the spell of warm weather and/or the small quantity of grass clippings that went in last week, but whatever it was, it seems to have really got the process 'fired' up (get it?).
We're now looking forward to extracting our first mulch in a couple of weeks time and contemplating getting a second hotbin.
As what I would have described as 'reluctant gardening' has become more of an interest over the years, we saw Hotbin advertised and thought it would be ideal to help tackle what seemed to be an ever expanding pile of garden waste.
Well, we've had it about three weeks now and are starting to get enthused. It was a bit slow going at first, with the temperature inside only sitting at about 40C. In fact, we were starting to get concerned we weren't operating it properly. However, in this last few days the thing has been getting really active. The inside temperature is now just under 70C! This may be due to the spell of warm weather and/or the small quantity of grass clippings that went in last week, but whatever it was, it seems to have really got the process 'fired' up (get it?).
We're now looking forward to extracting our first mulch in a couple of weeks time and contemplating getting a second hotbin.
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