Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

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Hi I have a newish veggie plot - have grown one crop of broad beans so far. (We managed to eat some before the slugs got them!) I've rather neglected it since, so plan to clear the weeds and plant some green manure. Can anyone recommend the best type to grow? Also, do I plant it in August...

There should be no problem if your potato plants were Blight free, as said.

Screwed up newspaper and torn up corrugated cardboard can also be mixed in with the green material. This will help let some air into materials like grass clippings.Paul

Might try that. We have Willows in this area and it is low lying and near a river so they should take off easily.

Faaantastic! We're getting fresh sets of pots soon, i was thinking of painting them, drilling them and planting them up! So glad this works and i'm not the only nutter that thought of it xD

:D:thumb::thumb: Ok glad to see you are already in there....!! More like.... Devastating...!! I'd say... :(:(:thumb::D I could join you in a rant about all those things too.......!!!! But.......:thumb: There aren't enough hrs in the day....!!!!!!!!:D:D:thumb: Well we must watch wait &...

thanks everyone, ill take some pics and post them here..im hoping i get about 2-3 years from my home made bin, after then, when rot sets in ill make the 'sheepy compost bin 2.0'!

That first one does look difficult to unload when you want ot get the compost out you'd have to take it apart. The second one is much better at least you slide the panels out. Two pieces of wood with the appropriate gap inbetween would work for the sliding opening part, the rest I'd probably...

Hi Fretters. I can't stop rocket from growing in the garden! Last year I paid no attention to the yellow-flowered seed heads on the rocket plants , and what they were doing. This year i've had to dig up and throw away huge amounts, because they self-seeded almost everywhere.....If you...

Thanks, people, for the helpful responses. My only slight doubt is which system to adopt. From what I gather from the above, some people crumple/shred to stop having a layer, some people deliberately put it as a layer to help with heating the heap! The common factor seems to be to soak the...

Thanks again. I forgot to mention something though. I have used Miracle-Gro Compost Maker, in the heap. There's near enough a whole 1.3kg bag that's been emptied into the compost, as per instructions. And the 450 L composter was approx 4/5 full at the beginning.I have 3 more bags of this...

That response from the P.S.D reads like a load of contaminated manure.

You could put it at the bottom of the "spit" as you dig the pot. I reckon that would be fine, and the seeds are a long way down, but the seeds are likely to be efficacious for 7 years or more, so those that come to the surface are still likely to grow.(A plough works a bit like this - there...

Thats the stirring stick so u can turn it.Thanks for all the comments. The website I posted was linked through my council website so I think that the price I'd have to pay. I think I might give it a bit more consideration and save up and maybe purchase one.

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:Thanks to MF for the heads up on the composter from the council for £20. ordered it online and it will be with me soon. Saves me struggling fixing up a pallet one in the pipping wet rain. Although considering my local council is starting to threaten...

Potatoes seem to grow from the smallest sliver, sometimes growers will slice their seed potatoes up so as to get more to plant. In my experience these self sown pots like yours never produce any worthwhile tubers, in fact I actively pull them up and get rid of them as there is a slight...

Wh can't we have purple wheelie bins its just not fair lol?

Dave, I've got one of those. I chuck in about a gall. of water when I add to it. I also use a compost accelerator a couple of times in the Summer. Having said that, the first year it produced very little compost but from the second year onwards I've been shovelling loads out of the bottom panel...

Yeah, my lid popped off at one corner too. This is the kind of plunger that came with mine.It did start to smell at one point when I hadn't poured off the liquid. Also, I read that you shouldn't use rotten or mouldy food. I found this site quite helpfulThere are quite a few youtube videos...