Which I don't think is an actual composter, but it looks very cute anyway. Or we could go mad and have this:
Which you have to twirl round once a day in order to obtain composting in 21 days. Now that sounds like fun ... Though it's not the cheapest of gadgets and I don't know where we'd put it.
In the meantime, I must really prune the buddleia, which should look like this:
But sadly doesn't ... but I'm waiting for a gap in the raindrops before I venture out. Perhaps it's a task for the weekend?
In the meantime, we have Gardeners' World on TV tonight to look forward to - and apparently we're going to be told how to grow plants on sheds. My question is: why would you want to? Perhaps to soften the look? Though I'd have thought some of said plants might be too heavy and the poor shed would collapse. All will indeed be revealed ...
To end, K's answer to my question this morning - what would you like to do in the garden this weekend, darling? - was this: I'd like to sit quietly and be a tomato ... Well, there's no answer to that, really.
Anne Brooke
Both our compost bins are 'dalek' shaped - one has a flip top lid and one a screw top (screw top is better) and both have a hatch on the front at the bottom so when it's ready you can easily scrape some out - love the idea of the whirly one but, as you say, it would take an awful lot of space and when full I think it would be darn heavy to whirl!
ReplyDeleteOn the subject of Buddleia - Peter 'trimmed' ours last night as it kept setting our security light off when it waved in the wind - but now it has no purple bits at all (it's been butchered!) Saying that, I've hacked down the teasels and they are going to be sprayed gold or silver at Christmas time (Peter said I should have left them to seed for the birds ......whoops!)
I'll be watching GW tonight too - I love Alice (if she's still on it?) as she's a bit more practical and doesn't always use brand new shiny tools all the time that most of us can't afford....
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Oh, I want a dalek-shaped compost bin!!! The hatch on the front sounds hugely sensible too, thank you for the tip! I have now actually trimmed the dead flowers off the buddleia so it still has some purple bits but not many, alas. Though I can't reach the ones at the top even if I jump - it's so darn tall and out of control! Still laughing about the security light - must have been scary the first time it happened! :))
ReplyDeleteI don't know names yet on GW - will have to pay closer attention tonight.
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I suppose maybe you'd grow plants in the shed just to make the shed look nicer when you go in there to, do whatever you do in sheds I guess *shrug* lol.
ReplyDeleteThe next best thing to sitting quietly in the garden being a tomato would be sitting quietly in the garden eating a tomato :) ...then again that conjures up the image of tomato canabalism =S
The buddleia looks lovley :)
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Tee hee, it's a mystery to me too! Maybe sitting quietly in the garden eating chocolate is even nicer though :))
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