Compost - ditch it all, or only some?

Slug or snail eggs wouldn't surprise me at all - I shook them all out, and they got binned along with the a load of really poor compost that had gotten mixed with all sorts of rubbish whilst clearing the garden the other day. I don't have a compost bin or heap

I think I will have to go back to my original plan of buying a few packs of compost each month over the winter, and stack it up ready for the spring - take the hit out of buying it all at once. I take it that it will store outside OK in its plastic bags?

 

Yes, so long as the bags are not ripped or torn any where,FC

 

Sadly Mum, I just don't have anywhere to put a compost bin or compost heap - at least, not where it wouldn't be bothered by child or dog, or where it wouldn't cause a smell nuisance to us or our neighbours

 

Thanks Armandii - I could wrap them in a tarpaulin to give them a bit of extra protection. What about bags that are opened - will they store over winter in the shed?

 

Usually the problem is not having enough space for gardeners. My Compost Heap was only in one place for around 3 years and then my wife would get me to move it, and then pinch the lovely spot to put her plants in But now it is in a corner by the fence backing onto the garage with tarpaulin around the sides and measures roughly 7' x 7' and 8' plus high. But I have never had any problems with it smelling!! Everything decomposable from the House goes on the Heap, along with all the debris from the borders etc.

Just noticed your second post.....You can keep opened Compost bags safely in the Shed but it would be wise to place them in a large plastic bag just to keep the bugs out. Then when you use it, use it for potting up where you can check for any unwanted visitors.

 

I actually did quite a bit of research this time last year when we moved in here - we had gone from a council that took green waste away free to one that not only charged for the wheelie bin to put the stuff into, but also charged annually to take it away! I 'copped the hump' at this, and decided that I would compost it myself, but the more I researched it and the more I tried to think of somewhere to put even a small bin, the more I realised that I couldn't really accommodate one, and it began to look like a whole world of trouble for a relatively small amount of usable compost each year.

Once I get my shed relocated, that story may well change (indeed, part of the plan is to leave an area near the back of the shed for a compost bin with a water butt on the other side connected to the greenhouse.

 

Thanks

As if to spur me on, we've just got a letter in today's post telling us of 15% off days at Homebase this weekend, and a few vouchers including £5 off when we spend £40 - - guess who will be coming home with 6 x 120l bales of compost at the weekend

That gets me off to a good start, and then all I need to do is get a few more each month through the winter and I am sorted.

 

As Punch said to Judy...."That's the way to do it"....in a squeaky voice.

 

I'm mixed on the idea of re-using compost. At best I'd dump half on the beds and mix new stuff into the remainder next year. I definitely wouldn't just re-use the whole lot.

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Personally I use these guys but mainly as they're up the road from me http://www.thecompostcentre.co.uk/products.html