Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

My compost heaps have been in places where they are out of general view (mine and the neighbours) and I'm unlikely to want or be able to grow much. So down the bottom against a couple of privet hedges, between two sheds against the neighbours fence and currently at the top of the garden, under a...

Thanks, Ricky101. It was supposed to be multipurpose compost, but it has way too much wood chip in it. I was considering mixing it with new compost but I think you are right. Will keep it as topsoil.

Yes, perfectly fine robbo Your plants will love it

Living in a hot country where they are common, I think they need a little water and no feed whatsoever.

I just chuck the dried stuff onto the surface and assume the rain will wash it into the ground. Seems to work.

Mine neither at the moment. I did get a healthy looking root of Iris siberica 'Lavender' and a big packet of licquorice torpedos though!

Thanks John & Mike

Lots of leaves to collect, my front is a ....

I'll be rich.

The breasts weighed 11oz each so each one was plenty for two when done with loads of veg etc.

Well, up to 3" inches should be fine. Getting more life into a border will not be solved instantly with a heavy dose of compost although it is a step forward. I add used compost on the borders every year and it take time for it to work it's way down into the soil even with digging. Nature...

I recently read Monty's book about Nigel the dog, which also gives quite a few details about the filming - yes Monty's garden and even his house has been designed or at least developed to accommodate this, with a room/outside area which can be used to accommodate the film crew and keep them...

Hi @Richard O'Brien and Welcome to GC, I am not sure if standing on slabs would be good as it would maybe inhibit drainage of all the juices of compost that normally go into the soil.. Maybe someone else will have a better idea than me.. I used to have that problem and so I now wash eggshells...

I have massive deciduous trees and therefore it is no surprise that I have huge quantities of leaves which I collect and keep in enormous piles. Unless you are in a huge hurry there is no need at all the turn the heaps. I'd almost need a JCB to turn mine. Leave the heaps uncovered or get the...

Ah well, that explains it. Very important to do PH test. You wont have blue and pink hydrangeas there in a year or two...in acid soil pink will turn purplish; in alkaline soil blue will colour towards red/purple,

All the fur from my dogs goes in here for the nesting birds. There were hundreds of them queueing up for it this year.

This sounds like green manuring, which I practise on my allotment, sow a crop specifically to be dug in. I am sure it will do good to the soil.

Thanks Verdun, don't think I have one of those shops near me though.

If you can find a sunny spot where they can sit directly on the soil and attract worms that will speed up the composting process.I've managed to hide away two 220L ones (also via the council and with a somewhat smaller footprint) in a sunny corner behind the shed in my small garden. They sit...

Thanks @JWK , No @Aldo links don't last that long but good we have an alternative..