Autumn is Coming – Here are a few tips for managing your HOTBIN after your garden clear up! Time for the big autumn tidy up which means lots of waste. Unlike a traditional heap the HOTBIN will not freeze and continues to work over the winter providing you with a ...
Read More »Worms and compost
The HOTBIN team were recently asked if the partially composted material in the base of the HOTBIN could be moved out and placed in a wormery. Worms will eat both old or new organic plant & food waste. We are not sure what benefit you get by taking waste from ...
Read More »HOTBIN on Love your Garden
HOTBIN made a special appearance on the new series of Love Your Garden on Tuesday 30 July at 8pm on ITV1. Love your Garden is an Alan Titchmarsh programme featuring fabulous garden make-overs for some very special people, it aims to inspire you to get out there and love your ...
Read More »Composting Houttunyia
Alec is new customer. His son bought him the HOTBIN for a birthday present. Five weeks in he is happily composting garden waste at 120F (50C) – great stuff However his garden has been invaded with Houttunyia – as fast as he pulls it out, it grows back. What he wants to know ...
Read More »What size is the HOTBIN composter
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT BUYING A HOTBIN COMPOSTER AND YOU WANT TO SEE IF IT WILL SQUEEZE IN A CORNER THIS POST IS FOR YOU! The HOTBIN is about the size of a standard 250 litre (black/blue/brown/green) wheelie bin. Dimensions Outer: 550 width x 625 depth x 1145 height ...
Read More »Can I compost tea bags?
Can I compost tea bags? There is something about this composting question – it keeps coming back – it was on the Radio’s 2 Simon Mayo Drivetime today. Here is an answer that deserves reading our a cup of tea! You may remember the HOTBIN composter featured on Simon’s Drivetime ...
Read More »How to compost grass lawn mowing
To get fast superb results when composting grass lawn mowings in the HOTBIN: Add 40 parts grass with 20 parts shredded paper and 1 part wood chip (bulking agent) Typically this is a medium sized lawn mower collection box (40 litres) with a full carrier bag of shredded paper (20 ...
Read More »How To Compost All Food Waste – And Save The World!
How To Compost All Food Waste – And Save The World! It is easy to home compost vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grinds – but they typically only account for 35% of domestic food waste. The other 65%* (meat, fish, cooked food leftovers, mouldy bread, plate scrapping, chicken bones, cakes, ...
Read More »Who Does What in the Compost Heap – the Decomposers
There are many different forms of life active within a compost heap. Below is a quick overview of who is living in your compost heap and what they are doing. There are chemical decomposers: Micro organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes. These account for most of the decomposition that takes place ...
Read More »HOW TO CHOOSE A COMPOST BIN
You can compost for nothing ( zero pounds / dollars) by piling your garden and food waste up in a corner. How do you decide whether to pay 20, 60, 185 or even 900 pounds (yes really!) for a compost bin? You ‘justify’ the cash by convincing yourself of the ...
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