Good news on the Nature Mill. I’ve been testing the unit with an alternative to the saw dust I bought after the saw dust pellets which shipped with the machine ran out. When the original pellets ran out I popped … Continue reading
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It’s been a few weeks since my last NatureMill update. The main reason for this is that I’ve had little positive to report. Since restarting the machine in February after our holidays I’ve not been able to get it working … Continue reading
Well, the second batch of NatureMill compost is on my vegetable patch waiting to the dug in. Unfortunately I had to start the NatureMill from scratch after our recent holiday. While we were away the unit was accidentally switched off … Continue reading
A little history ! Russ Cohn, inventor and developer of NatureMill started the NatureMill indoor composting project back in 2003. The product has been evolving and improving ever since. Here is an interview with back in 2004 giving an overview … Continue reading
UK Energy Saving – The UK Energy Saving website gives information and tips on ways to save energy and also how to save money on household bills. … Continue reading
Yesterdays jam seemed to prompt the machine to dump the mix in the mixing chamber into the bottom cure try, pretty much filling it up. So this morning I found a likely looking Rose in the garden and treated it … Continue reading
We’ve been adding an assortment of kitchen food waste over the last week and all seemed to be going OK until I noticed a couple of days ago that the mixture in the ‘mixing chamber’ was almost a paste. The … Continue reading
Our evaluation unit showing the draw front and ‘Cure Tray’ where finished compost is ready for use. Since the big switch on we’ve been feeding the NatureMill with food scraps, mostly old fruit and out of date bread. Today I … Continue reading
First things first, I walk down to our vegetable patch and get some soil with which to prime the NatureMill with. The instructions suggest 2 mug fulls. The soil provides the bacteria which will break the food waste down into … Continue reading
The NatureMill arrived nicely packed and undamaged after it’s trip from the USA complete with instructions, a US power adapter (!), a bag of sawdust pellets and some Bi Carbonate of Soda. Before I could start composting the first job … Continue reading