Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Awwww.

sadly we dont have any kind of garden waste collections where I am. Have resorted to putting a notice up at work!

Have you tried CPL I have found them really handy & reasonable in the past..

No one's warned you yet......Get the liquid on your hands and you'll smell bad forever

I have recently bought some and am very impressed with how it looks and feels

Used some this morning for sowing some snaps as I want to get them off to an early start. Lovely stuff. I like it better than the Gro-Sure.

Farmyard manure..nothing really seems to work like it. I get mine locally and it always seems to pong even when it is a year or so old. The commercial stuff from my local Charlies and used by some of my lady friends is pong free. I am not sure it is as good a the real thing straight from the...

yes thats the trouble. !! I have to get it delivered . a friend of mine has horses and said i could have as much poo as I wanted but strangley no one wants to take me!!!

Good idea. I chopped down the tree by my compost heap for the same reason

I'd leave where they are for the local wildlife, they need all the help they can get.

We don't have a green waste collection at all! Think it's because we live in the countryside? Fine as long as we don't get stopped having bonfires. Oh gosh shock horror bonfires, bet that's where much of the burnable so called recycling ends up anyway! We have 1 bucket collection per week. 1...

None of it has any great nutrient value, mainly tannins and lignins, so it won't make a lot of difference. Lovely soil conditioner though & it holds moisture well

If your soil is acid enough for rhoddendrons, I reckon its ok for a good range of heathers.I should point out though that that claim is based purely on observation in the countryside. In particular up in the peaks (when I lived in Sheffield I used to go up there a lot), rhoddendrons and...

I quite agree with you Sheal; it's tough enough as it is to convert people to being more aware of the importance of using materials that won't destroy ancient ecosystems without scare mongering headlines like that.

i though chicken manure was high in Nitrogen too? or am i miss remembering?

I've composted in whole dumpy bags, no need to cut the bottoms out. Makes it easier to empty if you can hoik the whole bag around.I stick 4 iron poles in the corners to keep it upright and open.

No.Never heard of this till I joined this forum,but might try it this next year.What would be the best yeast to use,

It looks smaller than Monty Don's ... you sure its big enough? I've been promising myself a pucker multi-bay composting station for years ... still using a piling system though.

Another thought for you Rob...what do all your gardening neighbours do and what do your local authorities suggest for the home gardener? Steve...