Compost Bins Q&amp;A

Hi Niall hope you’re well. Regarding emptying the Little Pig what wheel barrow & the tools would I need? Thanks a million 🙂

Question 2

Michelle

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hello Quickcrop, I'm thinking of getting a small Hotbin but I'm wondering is it difficult to access the leachate with the tap being so low down? If it was a choice between the small Hotbin and the Joraform "Little Pig" would you have a recommend...

Question 3

Virginia Chipperfield

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi. I am looking to buy a jotaform compost tumbler but uncertain what size I should buy? Thinking it would be between the big pig or jk400? We are 2 people in the household (so waste from a kitchen if 2 people), we have 4 chickens with waste from their co...

Question 4

Georgina Keane

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Compost Bins > Rapid Hot Composters > Joraform Compost Tumbler JK400

Question 5

Siobhan O'Malley

is this suitable for food waste ? Looking for a composter/ digester for food waste

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Thermo-Star Composter - Green

Question 6

Celine

Hi folks, I’m looking at the hungry bin and wondering about rodents. Please tell me it’s rodent proof 🙏

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

I lost the clip to close one section of my my big pig it was the older model I am lost without it . Many Thanks if you have one

Question 7

Angela Cummins

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

I’m not sure whether to go for little or big pig. I live alone but have a 3 acre garden with plenty of material for composting. I usually would fill a dustbin a week with garden rubbish and 2 small kitchen caddies with food waste. I always have loa...

Question 8

Claire Benbrook

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Do you ever run out of space in your beds to put the compost (or have to remove soil) say after a year or 2?If I was buying soil for a new bed - should I just but too soil so that I can complement it with my own compost over time ... or should I Still b...

Question 9

Garrat

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Can you place dog waste into this composter?

Question 10

Ron Abbott

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi, I have the little pig up and running and on the first batch. I had thought I'd filled it to the half way mark. I couldnt help sneaking a peek after two weeks and notice the contents has totally reduced down to quite a small amount- can I add more to t...

Question 11

Orla

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Just got my worms and have hopefully set the bin up right. How do I know my worms are still alive - on checking the chopped up veg is going mouldy and there are some fruit flies but is there anyway I can tell how the worms are doing?

Question 12

Breda OBrien

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Bonjour, je serais intéressé pour acquérir cette ferme à vers qui n'est pascommercialisée en France. Faîtes vous des expéditions vers la France ??? Quel temps d'achemiment faut il compter pour une livraison...

Question 13

CAMPION Jacques

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hello, could I put the compostable coffee cups or compostable plastic pouches that come around some magazines or my flower food delivery etc, in this bin please?Thank you

Question 14

Sally Holmes

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

How heavy is this composter? I need it to withstand West Coast winds! Thanks

Question 15

Rebecca

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Thermo Wood Composter

Question 16

Deirdre O Callaghan

Hi I received my little pig this week , thanks for such quick delivery. However on assembling which was easy I noted I didn't receive the metal plate to cover the compost when one compartment is ready? This plate is mentioned in the advertisement. Thanks...

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi does the composter have a base included?Thanks

Question 17

Helen Deignan

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Thermo-Star Composter - Green

Question 18

Margaret

Hi, do you sell the bulking agent for the Mini hot bin composter separately, for when the initial amount has been used up? And how much does it cost?

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi folks, I am interested in the JK125 and am a novice when it comes to composting. Will it work As well if put it in a shady part of the garden? Will it work throughout winter months too? Thanks,

Question 19

Alice donovan

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi I have my hit in a few weeks now and it as reached the desired temperature I have set it up as per instructions but I have juices coming out from around the the gap of the opening we’re the cam straps go at and it’s also coming from the air...

Question 20

Will

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi,What is the capacity in ltrs please?Many thanks,Teresa

Question 21

Teresa Heffernan

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Double Bay Easy Access Timber Composter

Question 22

Ruth Ward

Does the heat generated in this 'hot' bin kill the composting worms?

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Thermo Wood Composter

Question 23

Sandra

Hi, we (my husband and I) have very little food waste (afew chicken bones, bit of fish skin once a week) but plenty of veg trimmings and fruit peelings, paper, cardboard. Will the mini hotbin work for us?

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

I want to buy a rubber mat to put underneath it when it arrives. What size sould the mat be?

Question 24

Geraldine Powell

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi, can you tell how the joraform composter holds up along the coast. The composter is quite expensive if it would be lost to rust in few years!Do they have a guarantee on the steel?Thanks.

Question 25

Jill Burton

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi.. i recently got a hotbin and in my research some sites say to keep tomato stems/stalks out of the compost. I need to prune my tomato plants and want to know if its ok to throw them in the hotbin

Question 26

Colm

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi normally with compost bins you need at least 2 dont you -one to fill and one doing its job .as the hot bin works so quickly would you say that 1 is sufficient ( given that it would be quite expensive to purchase more than 1)

Question 27

annette

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

hi, i got lots of flies and magots in the last two weeks.what can i do?it doesnt seem to be hot enough.

Question 28

Ionela Papai

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Can you put chopped up prickly prunings in the bin such as rose stems,blackberry stems, hawthorn, Berberis and holly leaves. If so will it take longer to compost.

Question 29

Karen Kneller

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi. I sent a question yesterday and got an email to say there was an answer on the Questions page but there is nothing there. Could you repost the answer? Thanks

Question 30

Sandra

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Is the hotbin composter suitable for a small garden with no lawn or grass, just a veg bed and some shrubs? We would be using the bin for kitchen waste (not cooked food), newspaper, weeds and occasional prunings from the hedge and shrubs. There are only 2 ...

Question 31

Sandra

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Any hints about keeping rats out in the winter...chicken wire in the base??

Question 32

Mary Hickey

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Treble Bay Easy Access Timber Composter

Question 33

Mary Hickey

Hi there,The NZcompost system looks great,I wonder if there is an option to have a cover over the top ,to keep the rain off?Also,do you provide an assembly service,and how much ,is delivery to Kerry?many thanks

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Treble Bay Easy Access Timber Composter

Question 34

Kuleni Tolessa

Hello My name is Kuleni Tolessa from Ethiopia.My question is how can i get this material.Thank you

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Thermo-Star Composter - Green

Question 35

Clara Cleere

I have just put in an order for your hotline. However a second look at the picture does not seem to show the upgrade model with the drainage funnel to let off excess liquid from the bottom of the bin. Is this an oversight as you mention in the blurb as yo...

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

If I order a hungry bin how long would delivery take

Question 36

Mr Philip M Banks

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

What is the Hotbin made out of?

Question 37

Kaethe Burt-O'Dea

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi Niall, Can it deal with bindweed as its growing in my grass and at the edge of hedges?Thanks Christopher.

Question 38

Chris Burke

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi NiallWhat's your current delivery time on a hotbin? I've been wanting to invest in one for ages.Also what can be used during the winter instead of grass clippings? We produce plenty of food waste and have waste paper _ I'm just worried about what w...

Question 39

Karen Wiseman

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Does the jk270 compost egg shells and if so how long do they take to break down.

Question 40

Michael Crowther

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi Niall,Many thanks for dispatching my JK 125. We assembled it at the weekend thanks to your very helpful video; instructions were brutal! Just a quick question, do you sell the brackets for wall mounting and is the same frame used when mounted on the w...

Question 41

Paul

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

I would like to purchase a hotbin composter. I live in Dublin. What is approx delivery time?

Question 42

Jane Doran

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Have chickens for which I use wood shaving for bedding. Can this be used as brown waste? Will I compost quickly?

Question 43

Liam FANNING

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Trying to decide if I need 100L or 200L bin. We already have a Hungry Bin wormery, but also looking for something for the cooked food that will not attract rodents. Household of 4....what would you recommend?

Question 44

Paul McCluskey

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi - do you have to fill the bin then leave it untouched for the process to work or can you keep adding kitchen/garden waste as you go?

Question 45

Kit

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

i have a wormery that i haven't used in some time and i'm looking to get it started again - do you sell the worms, etc without the actual wormery.

Question 46

teresa o'brien

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Worm Works Wormery For Home Composting

Question 47

Ann Haccius

I have had my Hotbin since mid-February, and have diligently followed the instructions, gradually building up the material (kitchen waste, torn paper and the additive which came with the bin, as well as the odd dead bunch of flowers. I also used the heat...

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

When I open my hotbin Composter a million + swarming 'insects' erupt...its horrendous!🙉😩 have to close lid immediately to stop being suffocated as they fly out in droves!I can only compare this phenomenon with the flies that used to come off Lough Neagh...

Question 48

Elizabeth Hamilton.

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi when will these be back in stock?

Question 49

Mary

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Double Bay Easy Access Timber Composter

Question 50

Paul hickey

I have jk125 little pig and it's beginning to show its age. I have it many years and it's the type with one compartment divided in two. I intent to buy a new one and I hope to use my existing wall mounted bracket. Therefore can I buy the new composted wit...

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer