Tag Archives: Cold Composting

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOT COMPOSTING VERSUS COLD COMPOSTING What a brilliant turn out HOTBIN had in The Potting Shed at the Edible Garden show last weekend. There is definitely an appetite to learn more about the benefits of hot composting over cold composting and how it can contribute to reducing what each household ...

Can I add urine to my HOTBIN? We agree urine  works well for cold composting, but it is not good in the HOTBIN. This is due to the nature of removing excess water during the hot composting process. Many gardening and composting sites recommend adding urine onto compost heaps to ...

CAN I ADD URINE TO MY COMPOST?  Many gardening and composting sites recommend adding urine onto compost heaps to help speed things up. This basically means ‘taking a pee on the compost heap’. Here at the HOTBIN composting, we agree urine works well for cold (traditional) composting, but it is ...

HOW AND WHY DO I USE CORRUGATED CARDBOARD AND SHREDDED PAPER IN THE HOTBIN? Dry corrugated cardboard and shredded paper is easy for composting bacteria to digest (see table below). Because they are also very ‘dry’, i.e. have very low water content (typically less than 5% water), they are the ...

Compost from you compost heap, compost bin and indeed your HOTBIN composter can vary an awful lot. With many HOTBIN® composters coming up to their first autumn, there will be a lot of hot compost being taken out and used in the garden. We thought it would be good idea ...

We had an interesting question come in last week! Was Black Soldier Fly (BSF) composting the most efficient composting system ever? After many years in composting, we had not come across BSF before, intrigue and a hint of competiveness that any system might be better than the HOTBIN, we did ...

Below we explain how to Compost ALL domestic food waste  (i.e. at home, in a garden, or via backyard composting). Why do we need this blog? Surely food waste is just like other waste for composting – we just add it to the compost heap and it breaks down? What’s ...