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Black gold in the garden!

Advantages: Turn rubbish into something really useful
Disadvantages: Some work needed

These really are worrying times for our good old planet earth. Everyday, we hear a news story about global warming, dwindling resources are causing conflicts, there are more people lacking basic supplies than people having a comfortable lifestyle, animal ...

weetoon 18.02.2006 · Read full review
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Wriggle not waste

Advantages: Fertiliser, Compost and less waste
Disadvantages: None

Our local council are now at long last trying to get their act together to up the amount of household waste that they recycle. However their household collection schemes are rather patchy. In the more affluent parts of the borough the residents have been ...

baeswoman 01.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Original Organics Can o worms

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I've got worms!

Advantages: Good, clean, additive free compost
Disadvantages: Expensive to buy in the first place

As most of you probably know I can’t bear to throw anything away that might prove useful to someone else and it is to this end that I recycle as much as I can – glass, cardboard, papers etc. At our new home here in Llandudno we have a courtyard garden ...

SusanLesley 26.11.2003 · Read full review
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Compost with worms

Advantages: easy to do, free compost eventually, fun!
Disadvantages: expensive

There are many different types of worm composting systems available, and with a quick search on the internet you can find advice on how to make your own. I spoke to various people who have some kind of worm composter before making my purchase and found th ...

schwana 30.03.2008 · Read full review
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Worms at work.

Advantages: Quick and easy to set up, fun to maintain,
Disadvantages: About a 6 month wait before the first compost is ready

We had thought about buying a worm composter for a while, but decided to try traditional composting first instead, however we had mixed results with the bargain garden composter from the local council and while that continues to "cook" at the end of the g ...

redhen1 24.04.2006 · Read full review
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