Hot bin

[Sashikocheck]

We have a small terraced garden where composting space is limited, was thinking about getting a hot bin - has anyone else any experience good or bad to share?

I have a hot bin. I am also not a dedicated gardener (a relative got me one as a present).

I have got it hot. Grass reheats it well.

I think if you concentrated you could get it to do a good job but e.g. it needs dry sticky things (so either cut up very small by hand or the output of a garden shredder) and also dry paper (i.e. shredded household paper) for it to work properly. So the level of management required is quite severe.

The output for me was Much Too Wet, but that presumably was because I wasn't putting enough paper etc into it.

I'm hoping to have another go this summer. It feels like the sort of thing one could make work if you actually concentrated.

Mine was definitely not at the faster end of the timescales they suggested it could compost over.

We’ve got one. It works well. Empty it out once or twice a year and it produces lots of compost. It would probably do it quicker if I was a bit more precise about what I put in it.

it’s mostly kitchen waste, veg peelings, tea bags, cardboard and grass cuttings(tiny lawn but still don’t put them all in) and pruning. I don’t put ant cooked stuff in. It’s in the sun about 5 hours a day in summer but no sun to speak of in winter. It works better than the old dalek composter I had before.

I just chuck stuff in, and add a bit more cardboard if it’s too soggy….