Competition: Win Gardening Tools and Composter

With Spring just around the corner, our latest competition has perfect timing. Argos are offering a fine selection of garden tools and composter to one lucky reader.

The tool selection is a 5 piece Spear and Jackson set, which includes 4 stainless steel tools, with traditional wooden handles and a pair of gloves. Spear and Jackson tools are made to last and should look good and keep your garden looking great for many years to come. 

Along side the tools is also a Rawlinson beehive composter, this stylish composter should look great in any garden, whether a traditional style or more contemporary, and with a treated natural timber finish should last a long time too!

A great prize for experienced or new gardeners alike!

To enter the competition tell us what gardening job you are planning on tacking this spring.

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Terms & Conditions:

- Competition ends on 12 March at 23:59, after this time no entries will be counted.
- By entering this competition you agree and consent to your name being published and by taking part in the competition, entrants are deemed to have read, understood and accepted all of the Terms and Conditions and agreed to be bound by them.

- Delivery will be within 28 days of Argos receiving the winner’s address, and the competition prize may vary at the discretion of Argos.

- The prize as described will be supplied direct from Argos, and there is no cash alternative.

- This competition is open to UK residents only. Should the winner not be based in the UK, there will be a re-draw.

- The winner will be drawn at random from all eligible entries shortly after the closing date.

- The prize may vary if unavailable

- Please make sure we are able to contact you if you do win, as we will need to provide your name and address to Argos to arrange for your prize to be sent to you.

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Omlet Hungry Bin Worm Composter

Those lovely people at Omlet have sent us a Hungry Bin to try out. The Hungry Bin is a new worm based composter designed to quickly and efficiently produce compost and a liquid plant food, from kitchen scraps as well as weeds and other organic waste. The worms can apparantly get through 2kg of scraps every day (nom nom nom)!

According to the makers, the Hungry Bin has a larger surface area than other wormeries in the market, resulting in a greater population of worms. This reduces the time it takes to convert food waste into compost. The tapered shape of the bin compresses the compost as it forms, encouraging the worms to the surface, which makes the hungry bin more efficient than other systems. This also ensures that worms don't have to be separated from the finished castings, which are then collected in an easily removable container.

Ours arrived last week and with the nice weather returning I got it set up in the garden.

Unpacking reminded me of the Russian Dolls, each part fitted neatly in the one before.
Twinkles in the background keeping an eye on proceedings.

The instuctions were clear to follow, and unlike me I actually read them rather than just dive in and hope for the best!

And there it is!

 After assembly the next thing was to add the inhibitants, the worms!!

A kilo of worms in bedding arrived to get the bin started, once they get established they breed, and breed and breed!

And there they are, in their new home, ready to eat!

This is our first foray into having a worm composter, so we will see how we get on, and report back on how the process works for us. Mark is keen to make his own "worm tea" for use in the garden. We now have to get used to saving scraps for them, my first few scraps were placed carefully on a plate in the kitchen, only to be tidied into the trash by Mark, we will have to get used to recycling our scraps rather than throwing them out!

Gaz

Hungry Bin can be ordered directly from the Omlet Website - www.omlet.co.uk

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