Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

You can burn compost that is suspected to be diseased. That should please some round here, not. But you can.

I pampered my compost bin today - added leaves, some potato soil, grass cuttings and manure - a good layer of each, it must be full up!!And last night I used my bamboo cane and pocked some holes in it, I also took some pics of the ants house in my compost bin which I only discovered...

I miss read. No the plants went into the council bin

I know exactly how that feels every day at the desk!!

Oh I do like that

Me thinks any pee, it's the nitrogen in the urea that speeds it up.The above link is to a very fine article about compost tea, not compost as such, but I liked it very much. It gives good hints on how to compost properly. This is the ideal, you can decide to do it less "actively" of...

I have no bins, just make heaps. My composting corner has space for about 5 heaps 1 m3 each. The most accessible is the "in use heap", that is turned over and aired as necessary. When it is "final size" it's turned over into a corner to mature for as long as needed (usually not much). I have a...

Being a chauvanist, Kristen, I would have said sooner rather than later.:D:thumb:

Any chance of making this (or a similar thread!) a sticky for the Composting And Recycling area? Using freshly shredded trees / hedges etc as mulch seems to be asked about a lot...?

A friend has one. It has two compartments - one "maturing" whilst the other is "filling". She thinks it is marvellous. More expensive than a Dalek - which your local council may be sponsoring - ours sell the large Daleks for £ 20You can see if they offer them in your area here:

Are well, I don't really no . We went to a home brew party where the lads had brewed loads of beer and wine. They had to start to drink it quick because it had started to explode in the parents airing cupboard.Anyway we had a good night, a very good night as it all had to go ,Mothers...

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Yup, I've heard that too. But living down here in the Everglades of Hampshire, we don't get cold weather until about late January or February. And maybe not even then. The result is that stuff tends to keep on growing, obviously more slowly because the daylight is less, throughout the autumn...

Hi.I meant to say that a second bin with a tap could be used just for the liquid stuff.Sorry for not making myself clear.

I'm never very sure about these empty-at-the-bottom bins, because in reality not all the material composts at the same rate.How about lifting the Dalek off the heap, putting it alongside to make a new heap and putting any material from the top of the old heat, and any not-yet-composted-bits,...

I am assuming you want to grow them in pots, so I would suggest a 50/50 mix of a good multi purpose compost and John Innes Number 3. If you are not growing in pots, then just shove them in the ground, both Daphne and Euonymus wont mind.:thumb::D

what a fab idea

Well when you've done the compost put half a lemon in a bowl of water and micro it for a few mins. Wipe out micro. No smell and a sparkly clean micro. She'll think you are wonderful

Good advice from Peter, I would just like to add a warning in case you are thinking about getting farmyard/stable manure, check that it is free from weedkiller contamination; this has been a nasty problem this year - if you don't know what I'm talking about do a search in here for aminopyralid.

I've ordered the bin off the council. But they say it could take up to 28 days to deliver.:eek: What with the weather I'll never get the garden straight before the winter. It pouring down here again.:( It's driving me mad, think I'll move to a flat:D