The b/f and I discovered this lurking behind the hibiscus and some other bushes at the back of our garden (you can see said bushes in the photo).
I was intending to buy a compost bin almost identical to this! I dragged it out of the garden – it’s covered in spiders and cockroaches and snails and god knows what else. Some genius had put a plastic bag and a can in it and there was a bit of mulch left in the bottom, which is just sitting in the garden now.
Now, to get rid of the bugs on it, should I just give it a good hosing and pick the snails off? Should I use flyspray? Or will that leave nasty chemicals in the mulch?
And where should I put it? Light? Shade? Soil? Grass? Concrete? Any advice would be great.
And my herbs have picked up after a cool change in the weather and good watering. The sage and parsley look a lot better now, the coriander is still a bit yellow and limp, I hope it picks up. I have to restrain myself from using it and pulling off all the leaves before the poor plant has time to establish – I LOVE coriander.
