Third Compost Bin . . .

I managed to get the third compost bin put into place today.

Having experienced the unpleasantness of rats moving in to the first one, I now make sure there is wire mesh underneath them right from the word go. This was almost the last of the mesh we got for the chicken run - there is only a little bit left now, after us thinking we had bought far too much. Nice to know we didn't waste our money.

The first bin I got (extreme left one) was from somewhere like B&Q and cost me over £20. You will be very happy to hear that our local council started "selling" bins last year for a fiver each - with a cap on two-per-household. I am not sure why they cap it - there have to be more people NOT wanting them than there are people wanting more than two. .  you know? Seems to me they could be a little relaxed for us interested lot. I was totally wrong in my anticipation that the bins would be "spit-through-and-tiny" - they are actually really quite good - and as you can see they are bigger than the one I bought.

YAY!

It wont be long before this one fills up a little and beds down into the mesh, making it too difficult for the rats to move in to their des-res.

The first bin isn't quite ready for emptying though. Am not too sure what I'll do when the third one is full. There is something very wrong about the idea of putting the valuable chicken poo in the green collected bin and "giving it away"! I may have to acquire two more bins. . . I'll show you a photograph of Iain's face when I announce that to him!

Here is a lovely shot of one of the apple trees this evening:

If you believe the amount of buds on the trees, this is going to be a bumper crop. Fingers crossed for that - we really enjoyed the apples last year.