HOTBIN owner Clare has a smallholding with 50 chickens, 6 alpacas and is now about to open a cattery (www.clarescattery.co.uk). Following her success with her first two HOTBIN compost bins, she has asked us a number of “smelly based” questions over the past couple of months, the latest of which is ...
Read More »Tumbler compost bin versus HOTBIN with no turning
If you have landed on this page, you are probably trying to decide whether to buy a tumbler compost bin or the HOTBIN. We offer you a quick ‘expert’ recommendation and a more detailed list of items so you can evaluate the type of compost bin for yourself. Alternatively jump ...
Read More »Allotment composting -views from hot bin composter users
HOTBIN – IT DOES WHAT IS SAYS ON THE BIN Is it worth spending hard cash on a HOTBIN for your allotment? Only you can determine this. But here’s what a few allotment users have said: Gill / South Gosforth Allotments “I’m delighted with the HOTBIN I’ve been trialling – ...
Read More »A text book start for the HOTBIN
The Compost Woman, who knows an awful lot about composting, reviews the HOTBIN! And I’m pleased to announce she has had a text book start as she has already reached 60C! http://www.the-compostbin.com/2012/07/hotbin-trial-day-1.html She started with an very full HOTBIN having plenty of material available for her base layer.
Read More »HOTBIN composting on an allotment
The HOTBIN was developed to compost all food, garden and grass in the home and garden. We want to know how it works on an allotment; so this week we’ve enlisted the help of Gil and Steve at their Jesmond West Allotment, and Karin at the Morpeth East Green Allotment to help ...
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