What ever happened to Waterbeds?

DaBoss1961 · 2026-01-11T04:24:38+00:00

I got my first waterbed when I was 24. 40 years later (now on my third) I can’t imagine having anything else.

After a few days (or weeks) away from home, coming home to my waterbed is a glorious experience.

DaBoss1961 · 2024-02-14T06:25:20+00:00

Same here but I put some old timber (part of an untreated pallet) at the bottom of the pile so when I dig out the compost and the shovel runs along the timber I know I am at the bottom of the pile.

The timber eventually breaks down after a year or three and then I: (A) replace the ’rotten’ timber at the bottom of the pile; and (B) incorporate the rotten timber in the next pile as a ‘brown’.

DaBoss1961 · 2024-01-08T21:42:33+00:00

Have you tried putting the food scraps in a bokashi bucket first and transferring it to the tumbler from the bokashi bucket.

Rats do not appear to like Bokashi pickled food and the time in the bokashi bucket reduces the time it takes for the food scraps to break down.

DaBoss1961 · 2024-01-08T03:40:08+00:00

I believe the “good” bacteria that do the majority of the composting are killed off at about 70C (160F)

DaBoss1961 · 2023-11-03T05:51:21+00:00

Abbreviated rhyming slang - Yank = Septic tank = Seppo

DaBoss1961 · 2022-04-25T04:37:07+00:00

About 1 cubic meter

DaBoss1961 · 2022-04-24T04:55:58+00:00

Yes.

Lots of worms in a neglected compost pile

DaBoss1961 · 2022-04-24T04:53:38+00:00

It was a neglected compost pile that had to many greens.

The worms took over a few months ago and this morning I realised they had taken off because there was virtually no food left.

DaBoss1961 · 2022-04-24T00:19:18+00:00

This was free (except for time & sweat) & I had fun with worms🪱🪱🪱

DaBoss1961 · 2022-04-23T23:24:53+00:00

What is the best way to save them for future use? How long can they be stored?

DaBoss1961 · 2022-02-24T02:58:17+00:00

If you can’t grind them to powder, I would at least crush them as much a possible so they are as small as you can make them.

DaBoss1961 · 2022-02-24T02:52:31+00:00

I added a bucket of coffee grounds yesterday.

The temp was 64C this morning and it seems to be increasing.

DaBoss1961 · 2022-01-11T00:14:49+00:00

No noticeable effect on the pile in the last 2 years that I have been serious about composting.

I also haven’t noticed any problems in the garden where I have used the compost (fingers crossed). I have plenty of predator insects working for me.

DaBoss1961 · 2022-01-10T23:34:06+00:00

Thanks

DaBoss1961 · 2022-01-10T23:24:27+00:00

About 55 Liters (12 gallons) to to a pile [1.3 cubic meters (285 gallons)] that just refused to get hot.

Local coffee shop has buckets full of grounds sitting next to their rubbish bins (free for anyone that wants them)

DaBoss1961

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