Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2022 3:03pm, 30 Aug 2022 10,114 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend If hot composting is that much work I won’t bother 😅
Hanneke Aug 2022 6:29pm, 30 Aug 2022 92,412 posts	0 Hanneke The bins are also really expensive for what basically is a thick polystyrene box! I wonder if giving a jacket to a Dalek achieves similar, as they tend to not get as hot as a larger square bin... Watch this space!
Columba Aug 2022 8:53pm, 30 Aug 2022 21,906 posts	0 Columba I had certainly never thought of adding a hot water bottle to a compost bin.
Rosehip Aug 2022 9:15pm, 30 Aug 2022 26,275 posts	0 Rosehip A hot bottle in the middle to get things going a bit is a good idea. I have a ‘hot lips’ salvia under the lounge window, it’s usually covered in bees, but today a hummingbird hawkmoth was busy on it too
Rosehip Aug 2022 9:16pm, 30 Aug 2022 26,276 posts	0 Rosehip They don’t photograph well on iphones through glass
Hanneke Aug 2022 10:39pm, 30 Aug 2022 92,430 posts	0 Hanneke They are lovely
Cheeky’s Dad Aug 2022 10:43pm, 30 Aug 2022 2,538 posts	0 Cheeky’s Dad Wow! Spectacular Rosehip, even with the photographic limitations. I’ve never seen one of those and I don’t think we have them round here. Wish we did
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2022 9:24am, 31 Aug 2022 10,116 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I’ve seen loads of posts on Facebook locally this year about them, I wonder if it’s a particularly good year? I’ve not seen one in my garden but I have seen one in a nearby ornamental garden.
Elsie Too Aug 2022 9:55am, 31 Aug 2022 4,733 posts	0 Elsie Too I've had one of those in my garden - I don't think I've ever seen one before.
sallykate Aug 2022 10:45am, 31 Aug 2022 10,223 posts	0 sallykate How lovely!