Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

If I were you, I would use it too. However, if you store the ash for about 3 months I'm told it will lose most of it's acidity. I dont have an open fire ( more's the pity ) but a work colleague has a wood burner, and he saves the ash for me. I use it mainly around the edge of the beds to deter...

Well it works for me

Thanks, folks, I'll tell her to compost it then (a bit at a time).

I have so much animal bedding that I put the best in my own compost bins and give the rest to the council :dh:Many people advertise chicken and horse manure on my local freecycle, but I just can't be bothered bagging and storing it :snz:

"with some lawn cutting"best to only use small proportions of law cuttings.I would have a bit of a delve into the middle. If its only soggy on the top (which I suspect is the case) then don't worry further - or turn it if you are feeling energetic!

I suggest that you try to get a secondhand Porta Potti (Caravan dealers might be a good source). Don't use the fluid in it though.

thank-you to all for the advice. Love the pics. I haven't started yet (thinking about it is part of the pleasure!) so can take all the suggetions on board.

I'd make damned sure the papers knew about that one!! The council will presumably still charge some poor soul for the priveledge of tending the carpets below some poorly growing spuds too?

My green cone (cost £5 from my local council delivered) does just that, it just seems to be one seething mass of those red worms. Adding another 500 would make no difference at all - although they might be good to get it started if you had none to begin with.

lol @ Claire 6 yr old bodyguard indeed. I used to be my mum's bodyguard against spiders

Thanks for the advice JKW in future if I see them on sale I think I might have a go. Im the soft touch that buys plants that are on there last legs and get great pleasure in bringing them back to life.:D 02

Quaedar,I have the same problem with muck sticking to the bottom of my boots.When I first started allotmenteering 28 years ago I was 5ft 1" now I am over 6ftWhat sort of manure are you collecting to have it so fresh?You really need to stack it first or put it into compost bins for at least...

I agree with Loofah burn them and spread the ash.

I would hazard a guess that the soil will not have much structure, will be more of a sediment constistency.

I use this:It's quite easy to mix a whole bin without emptying it. U push it in the compost and the metal fins close and when u pull it out the fins open and stir the compost.

Lol hope I don't do that cause it's going in my veggie patch and I got no other place to grow em if not

thanks pro

Loofah You was asking about the 'wind-row system' OK here goes, as used in the water treatment industry Windrow is simple a way of removing as much moisture as possible by piling the media in rows, like earthing up your potato, These rows may be 3 to 4 metres high. This must be done on a free...

Thanks all for replying. I think I'm going to have to put my plants in my household rubbish now. The council will only take green rubbish away if you've paid for a special bin which I don't have the space for. It's a real pain. We seem to have lost our communal waste pile at my allotments too...

Ah yes, I have some of that here. But it gave ne problems in the compost, sofar at least But Vinca is a mess (a lovely one though)