swedish aeration tool really works!!! (Composting in general)

Member Name: bluepython

Product:	Composting in general
Date:	12/05/03 (1088 review reads)
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Advantages: it really works, Sweden quality, great price

Disadvantages: I cant find any!!!!!, make a nice thank you gift, keep buying more!

Hi members.

The supplier now has an online shop website www.pwsgreenline.co.uk

I bought a composter a couple years ago and ended up with a horid black slimey mess at the bottom of my garden. It was so bad my neighbour complained of the smell. I took the mess and the cheap plastic bin to the dump and started again!

I was in Sweden on holiday and was amazed at the large range of composters for sale in hardware shops. Not cheap but proper units that have evolved over 20 years. I wanted to buy one and bring back to UK!. Anyway I contacted the makers PWS Greenline and they put me in touch with PWS Greenline UK in Leics. I purchased a composter from them the garden model which was £70 (and proved to be well worth it) The composter works well I guess because it's designed to work in cold countries like Sweden! It even has a floor to stop vermin rats mice etc nesting / living in it! the lid locks on and is hinged, once composting is complete you can get at it easily via the large door at the bottom/ front. Anyway when I bought the unit I was given a free 14 page how to compost handbook and after reading it no wonder my previous attempts failed!

The only things I use to make my own compost (and very successfully indeed) are my Greenline composter, sawdust, water, garden waste and kitchen peelings plus a great tool also made by Greenline, it's an aeration tool that also shows you if your composter is working by changing colour with a clever heat sensor.

A bit hard to explain but it was the best £7.99 I have spent in years!!!!!! As all you fellow gardeners will know it is vital to get air into the compost to make it "compost down" heat is a natural reaction during this process and that is why you see heat steaming off the dung heap next to the stables / field! This tool goes down easily into the bin and the arms fold out when you pull it back up hence airing the ingredients and mixing action one of th
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arms changes colour from dark purple to very bright pink once it detects heat,
so no more need to wonder if it's working or having to put your arm down into the rotting heap! If the wing has not changed I add sawdust if it's to wet to soak up the moisture or I add some water if it is to dry and that is all I do.

So to recap you can use this with any composter and have no need to use a garden fork and risk working holes through the side of your composter and or leg!

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