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Sassinak · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

The rats love my compost bin

They have burrowed into it.
I hadn't realised how much of a rat problem I had until I finally admitted defeat and put poison down. I got one of those sealed units with 4 blocks of poison inside. 3 blocks had completely gone within a fortnight arghhhh
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pete_inthehills · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

hmm...I was thinking of getting a green cone for the bothy. Currently we have a compost bin, but I think a green cone might be better.

I'll probably use both, the green cone for dog waste and cooked food and the compost bin for everything else. That way folk who come to the bothy can learn about both kinds disposal.

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Meg in the Mountains · Neepster Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 219

We have a green cone and it's been sitting in the garden happily doing its thing for almost three years. No rat problem, but in the summer lots of flies live inside. Like JamesB we have a large stone weighing the lid down, so you would think nothing could get in. I think you're supposed to empty them out every two years which means ours in now overdue, but I can't face doing it and keep hoping DH will take the hint.

mastercomposter · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: Green Cones

Green cones are available from Aberdeenshire and City Councils for the discounted rate of £10. Tesco have started selling them at full price £70. Green Cone company decided on this, as it helped spread the word, but also, that it would encourage people to purchase from their local authorities.

I agree with the rat problem, the green cones do not attract vermin, as the food waste area is all underground. If there are rats in your area, you can always surround the basket part of cone in chicken wire.

Flies are often a problem - fruit flies - because if you dispose of fruit you will get fruit flies (my compost bin is full of them). With the green cone, you can actually hang some fly paper (if they bother you).

If ever anyone is looking to get one, you can email me with your address, and I can send a form out.

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Ina · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

A friend asked me - why should you bother with a green cone? Wouldn't burying the stuff have the same effect? (OK, she does have a lot of space around the house...)
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Diana · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:22 am Post subject:

I think the idea of the Green Cone is that it heats up and thus decomposes matter faster
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mastercomposter · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: Green Cones v burying in ground

If you were to burying your food waste directly into the ground, this would have a higher chance of attracting vermin.

The green cone is a sealed unit, the basket buried under the ground, and thus there should less opportunity for odours to attract vermin - plus if they were to find it, they would have to bite through the plastic.

Problems with vermin generally only happen if the vermin are in the area in the first place.

I will have some green cones with me (and order forms) at the forthcoming Wark Farm Event on 27th September from 10.30 - 3.00pm

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wildgarlic · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

Yay... can I book one please Chris!
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mastercomposter · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: Green Cones

Nay bother.

Will take plenty of green cones.

Chris

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