Friday, 10 May 2024

Compost - hamster bedding? Chicken bedding? No thank you!

One of my friends recently started receiving donations to their compost pens - their daughter has hamsters, and a couple of chickens, and (for some unknown reason) does not have a composting arrangement of her own, and therefore asked to dump the cleanings onto their parents' compost pens.


My friends were so proud of having sawdust, chopped straw and assorted poo, to add to their compost pens: “Oh, it'll make brilliant compost, won't it?!” they exclaimed excitedly.

I was not quite so excited...

 

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