I have been composting now for quite a while with varying degrees of success. But I love doing it, it reminds me of Granny and Grandpa and is the ultimate in recycling, something else I could get on my soap box about if it wasn’t being used to hold newspapers. However, I thought things were possibly going a little far when the wooden frame itself started degrading, so having mourned the loss of my old Heath Robinson pallet set-up I set about looking on the internet for a new one.

Not only did I find out that ready made composters are really expensive but they’re enormous and one of the difficulties of having a small garden is that there just isn’t anywhere to put everything. But anyway that’s not what I wanted to write about.

Composting. I knew mother (possibly the one person more potty about composting than me!) had got her containers through her council so I rang Melton Borough Council and asked ‘Customer Services’ if they were part of the composting scheme and could I get a composter through them. ‘No’, seriously that was all she said. Evidently I am not a customer they wish to serve so I thanked her profusely for her help and returned to the internet. At least Google does its best to help. And then Eddie Izzard popped into my head…

The wave of enthusiasm riding through the UK at the moment is absolutely fantastic, and I couldn’t be more thrilled that the government has actually done something so simple and easy that actually makes a difference. I don’t often speak up in favour of any political party but this scheme rocks! So I’m urging everyone to make the most of http://www.recyclenow.com/ I got a new composter and a little lidded box for the kitchen for only £9 including delivery!!! It took a few weeks but I was so excited when I came home from work and it was sitting there outside my front door (we live in a very honest little village).

So it is nestled in place of my old one. Granted it isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as my moss covered wooden one (Frank thinks it looks like a darlek) but it also doesn’t allow everything to spill out either so that’s got to be a bonus.

Anyhow, I spent this weekend with friends so only had about half an hour in the garden when I got back before the clouds started dumping buckets of water on me, so very little to report. But luckily the evenings are getting lighter and I’ll be able to get outside more during the week soon.

Oh, one thing to report though, I just took delivery of nemasys today. Together we will fight against slugs and snails and this is one battle we are going to win!