tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post7772680981361385795..comments2024-02-15T17:21:26.481+00:00Comments on The Rubbish Diet: The morning after the night beforeAlmost Mrs Averagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-83529926171359022382008-09-14T09:21:00.000+01:002008-09-14T09:21:00.000+01:00Hi Jane - thanks for the update and good luck with...Hi Jane - thanks for the update and good luck with both the fruit flies and the Zero Waste challenge. Do come back and let us know how you get on...and feel free to pop by with some questions. :-DAlmost Mrs Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-31018042740482757862008-09-11T10:51:00.000+01:002008-09-11T10:51:00.000+01:00Right, I shall try those suggestions, thank you!It...Right, I shall try those suggestions, thank you!<BR/><BR/>It's Camden Council. I think battling fruit flies might leave me insufficient time to blog, but thank you for the offer, I shall bear it in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-88778275928894864662008-09-10T23:13:00.000+01:002008-09-10T23:13:00.000+01:00Hi Katyboo - eurghh that's ick, but made me laugh ...Hi Katyboo - eurghh that's ick, but made me laugh at the same time. I must be getting evil LOL. It reminds me of a dessicated frog that we found behind our boiler once, don't know how long it had been there but at least it didn't smell. Thankfully the stinky bananas have now gone in the compost ;-D<BR/><BR/>Hi Mrs G - LOL, it's all gone now so when you're in the area, please feel free to call by. So glad you're feeling more chipper and thank you so much for your little pressie today ;-D x<BR/><BR/>Hi Mel - thanks for the link, it's always a hard pill to swallow when you see news like that, but as you say I am confident that things are on the change. If I can change many others can too. Shame about the photos but fantastic news on freecycling the other stuff ;-D<BR/><BR/>Hi Jane - thanks for dropping in with the question, as I'm writing I've just spotted Mel's answer (thanks Mel, you're a star). I too had the same problem but with big flies but took the same advice from Wiggly Wigglers. I've stopped using it for a couple of months and it all looks fine now and the worms are also alive.<BR/><BR/>So give it a go and do let me know how you get on.<BR/><BR/>It's great that you've signed up for a Zero Waste challenge and good luck. What's your local authority by the way, as I'll help to promote it on the site? Have you thought about blogging about your challenge? I'd happily link to you if you did.:-D<BR/><BR/>Thanks again Mel - what's diatomaceous earth by the way? I've never come across that before. :-DAlmost Mrs Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-57416839257689904352008-09-10T22:33:00.000+01:002008-09-10T22:33:00.000+01:00Hi Jane,The tip Wigglies gave me for getting rid o...Hi Jane,<BR/><BR/>The tip Wigglies gave me for getting rid of wormery undesirables was to cover the waste with a layer of garden soil (or if you've no garden, I guess potting compost would work). I also use a generous puff of diatomaceous earth (from Wigglies) whenever I spot a fruit-fly invasion, it seems to work a treat.<BR/><BR/>Hope your worms & you are both feeling better soon!<BR/><BR/>MelMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345534389677936093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-48542614045430902862008-09-10T18:25:00.000+01:002008-09-10T18:25:00.000+01:00I'm currently sufferinga fruit fly epidemic and, ...I'm currently sufferinga fruit fly epidemic and, even worse, I've had to bring my wormery indoors while there is renovation work outside my flat. The wormery is going to have to be indoors for 2 months, and I've just agreed to join my council's zero waste challenge at the beginning of next month. Any ideas for getting rid of the fruit flies? Its only been 2 days and I'm already considering freecycling the wormery - help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-60592390500736111432008-09-10T10:52:00.000+01:002008-09-10T10:52:00.000+01:00morning all! Not that I'm in any way trying to br...morning all! Not that I'm in any way trying to bring you further down but I've just read a blog post over on RealSimple.com about how far behind Europe America is when it comes to household recycling (http://tinyurl.com/58sbwd). It makes for rather a depressing read, though the comments show that progress is being made in some places.<BR/><BR/>Mel<BR/><BR/>PS For my own part, I'm afraid the c****y photos went in the bin in the end... but almost everything else has been successfully Freecycled!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345534389677936093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-16865350179490626372008-09-09T13:53:00.000+01:002008-09-09T13:53:00.000+01:00Ewwwww, Mrs A LOL! Remind me never to use the loo ...Ewwwww, Mrs A LOL! Remind me never to use the loo in your house! I bet that smelt really bad - I hope they have gone to their new home.<BR/><BR/>And as you'll have noticed, I too am in a better frame of mind after last night's programme - it didn't take long to bounce back and get into 'fight' mode.<BR/><BR/>Let us know what your council say....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-11659485503378781142008-09-09T10:01:00.000+01:002008-09-09T10:01:00.000+01:00It could be worse. My mum wasn't too well a few w...It could be worse. My mum wasn't too well a few weeks back and I went over to help her in a cleaning capacity. My job was the downstairs loo. It had been smelling a bit funky in there for some time and my mum was in despair because she had scrubbed it. She thought it was the drains.<BR/><BR/>Lucky old me. I found the source of the problem. It was a decomposing mouse corpse that the cat had deposited in one of my dad's old shoes. I found it by putting my hand on it. The shrieks could be heard all over the county.<BR/><BR/>I gave it a decent burial.<BR/>Good luck with the bananas.katyboo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182125401184061843noreply@blogger.com