Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

we tried chopped up cardboard for horses bedding once..... it was ok but not ideal ... no dust was main quality,,,,, so there must be a shredder,,,,, and if you buy a new Bosch shredder for �£200 plus elecricity to run it, just think how much benefit the envirinment is getting!

we have a bottle cut---ra on the sink side which we use every time been in garden anti-bacterial hand hygiene gel kills 99.99of germs in 15 seconds sot got after read of young man dieing afer scratching his arm on a rose make grandkids use it alot.take into hospital alsowhen needto go

Hi Hex. You've just reminded me that we had a Rabbit Club when I was at primary school in the late 40s early 50s. The "big" children got to look after them and us tots brought in food. We also had a school garden as did many Junior Secondary schools until about 25 years ago."Eco-Schools" is...

wrack is derived from bladder-wrack..... that kind of brown stuff clingin on to rocks mid-tide, which children love to "pop" if your feeling in need of some stimulating fodder try seaweed soup! http://www.seaveg.co.uk/seasalad.html

Is pigeon droppings any good for my compost bin, I can get load of that??Dave

to conclude this thread, hopefully, fresh chicken manure is wet and smelly, and could harbour disease, they eat animal by-products and additives and antibiotics may be added to feeds ........imo the large volume of waste is best handled professionally ,,, dried and pelleted Pelleted is easy to...

The website that I found most useful (and I got free compost bins) was www.compost-it.org.ukYou only get free compost bins if your council has signed up to it.

no worries there then...thanks alot all

That's ok, I have posted elsewhere on this site for help and it looks like I might be able to do it. Thanks for your help and info.

Great minds!!!! We have a spare composter too, which we got from our local council (�£3 also!!) and what did we do yesterday???? Saw some seed potatoes in the garden centre - and got a few...... can't wait..... mind you, I'll probably end up killing them!!!!

Hi Warbaby, Purchasing young plants is a good idea, make sure you harden them off properly as the garden centres start selling them quite early very often. I am sure you will do well, if you watched your husband in the garden I am sure you will suprise yourself with what you do remember when...

My three compost bins are looking a bit cold here. I bought these very cheaply from the council when they were having a recycling drive two years ago. I wish I'd bought more now because they soon get full.

Yeah, like wire worms and such! Ugh!

I would agree - when I first started using compost and manure in the autumn/winter, I forked it in, then someone told me to save my blisters and let nature do the work. Bin doing it ever sine - and it works fine.

Ours was made out of pressure treated logs 10 years ago, had no problems. Go for it.

i bought a few ... 2oo approx brandling worms on eabay, but the instructions were rather esoteric......i believe they like fruit! they came in a margarine tub, not full! i ve kept them in a small plastic bin under the sink, to keep em warm and actively breeding, any idea when i ll be able to...

My wife & I have lived here since we were married 49 years ago, in that time all the ash from the fire (except chip board ash which contains glue) has gone on the garden.During the early years we burnt coal, but for the last 40 it has been wood.It has helped break down the clay & made it much...

The hedge is now planted along with a trailer load of well rotted cow muck. Thanks for the advice!

Mmmm - yum! Looking forward to my new additions to the garden next year!

As I see is composts whether purchased or home formulated can contain all manner of fungal spores, most of which are completely harmless. The thoroughy sterilized formulations have least fungal contamination but few of us go to that extent and many commercial producers I suspect don't sterilize...