Dalek compost bins

B3

I have two empty dalek bins and I don't know what to do with them.
I already have a couple of largish open heaps and sticks, branches etc go in the council bin. 
Does anyone have any ideas. They can be on soil and will be in the shade as I don't want to look at them!

Blue Onion

Filled with fresh manure to compost down?  The heat will kill off most weed seeds, I would think.. and possibly melt the bin!

Hostafan1

offer them on freecycle. Guaranteed to be gone to a good home in less than a day

Fire

I would hang on to them. They are great for storing pretty much anything you don't need to use for a while. You could use them for leaves to make leaf mould but be sure to add water regularly. I got a huge amount of free wood chip last year, from a local furniture maker and now have the most beautiful soil from sticking the chip in a darlek and keeping it watered.  Fresh (free) manure, absolutely. Bulk grit etc.

wild edges

I've used spare ones for forcing rhubarb in the past. You do have to tape up any gaps though.

Thankthecat

wild edges said:

I've used spare ones for forcing rhubarb in the past. You do have to tape up any gaps though.

Ooh, that's a good idea! I'm currently using both of mine for compost but when I turn them into my open bins I might keep one back for rhubarb. All the forcers I've seen in shops are way to small for my huge clump of Timperley Early! 

wild edges

I know the feeling. I've no idea what variety I have as my dad planted it before I was born but the leaves are big enough to hide a large sheepdog under. We've tried a few containers for forcing over the years and it will lift them off the ground if you don't keep an eye on them. The daleks are perfect though.

Blue Onion

Aww.. peakaboo Floss.