Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

May be a good reason for that ... for example: if they have no means of preventing glass and other such stuff from getting into the compost they may feel it is better to use it only in applications where that doesn't matter - agricultural perhaps, or maybe parks & gardens where staff are...

The seeds are the size of Runner Beans and germinate just as easily ... best to start them off one per pot (around 9cm) as they grow very quickly and need some space for their roots. If you start them off early they will be in 2L pots by the time you can plant them out, so don't be in a hurry. ...

A small dust bin would be ideal Kirsten and on my list.

Hi Jenny please explain " " Spruce

Clubroot NOT club foot!! I should really turn the auto correct off my iPhone ☺

Great tip, I like the bin idea. I could also use it to make mixes readily and store bought compost.

Thanks guys, that's exactly what I needed to know. Most helpful!

It is an interesting subject and I cover the use of natural pesticides in my Thread "From the Old Book". Our predecessors were masters at the dark art of using poisons of all kinds to kill pests and diseases. One thing though, we have to be cautious on GC in advocating the use of such methods...

The landlady at my local pub/eaterie is keeping them for me too, so should be ok for the foreseeable!

Right, figured it would be OK especially with the small quantities I'm talking about! Will continue to liberally scatter

Shiney this REALLY made me laugh!!!!!!!!!!! Val

There's nothing wrong with dreaming, Cacadores

If you are sowing into individual pots / modules, and you are sowing things that germinate easily, then it probably makes little odds If sowing in a seed tray to then prick out I only ever use John Innes Seed Compost (and a good brand at that). In a season I only use a single small bag (and I...

I'm afraid my info is second hand (hence me saying I'd heard tales). I'm not sure where my sources got that info from. They said they'd seen it on the telly but either they were vague or I wasn't listening properly I'm afraid.

Dig a big hole & bury it!

Powdered fertiliser is Ok to be broken up - as per HarryS. If it's in globular form (such as Growmore) it can still be broken up but is normally in a slower release form. So if you have to break it into powder you want to spread less of it but more often.

Im surprised they are charging for the stuff, larger stables and such would be mad looking rid of it, any ive looked for here is all free, though as yous say, hard to know what your getting!

Mine too, but 30 minutes after the rain the standing water has gone, except rarely when it has been very wet for weeks ... If you have standing water for more than 30 minutes after rain stops, and in times when it has not been raining for really prolonged periods (like this summer), then you...

Ha ha yes 3 of them sneaked into my coop while I was having my lunch and I'd left the back door open............cheeky girls

Here's some more (but I don't see the Soil Association symbol on them) (I've also seen 4L containers of this one for about £40 somewhere) There's also Comfrey Pellets (some of which are Soil Association accedited) which can be mixed with water to make liquid feed. Much, much cheaper...