Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

It was just a point of interest. If I was really worried about it I would have added the water whilst I was turning the material. The new heap is more likely to get rained on than the original. It is only a few feet further along the garden, but not as overhung with trees.

Have you got room for a builder's bulk bag? I use a couple of them quite successfully

I always have yeast as I occasionally get the urge to make bread. I've even got some molasses and usually have honey. Too late this year but I definitely need a better tomato crop next year.

Agree, you cant prove it one way or another, personally, and they know that, for me rooting powder stopped working when they took the fungicide out of it and we went all organic.

I agree with @Thevictorian in that the needles won't absorb moisture to any extent because of their nature. Pine cones don't really break down much either, or certainly not quickly. We also don't know the overall size of the other tree, and whether it was actively planted as opposed to one...

A whole load of different suppliers: Composted bark - Recherche Google Just go round garden centres until you find one you like.

Thank you @pete @NigelJ and @fairygirl I have time to cut the smaller pieces off the branches and large twigs, leaving the bare, thicker parts, for the wood pile, or council. There are even some sections that can replace bamboo canes in supporting plants in the garden, even if only for a...

Its just much more civilised now, in my opinion, since the booking slots started.

I too have switched to plastic bins and used to line my wooden ones with old plastic sacks. I just dump weeds, kitchen waste and paper in one of my 2 bins and turn one into the other when it gets full, but they do sink down. When I do this I take the bottom layer which has broken down to a large...

There's just no pleasing [or telling] some folk Working with the public eh?

Yes I got the full refund including delivery costs The garden was looking great. Let’s see what it looks like when we are back from Cornwall.

I was in Homebase yesterday and didn't see any!

I think the companies are using all sorts of C**p to manufacture peat free compost and then chucking in an unknown "very small insignificant" amount of "added Nutrients" and not specifying what or how much. I think they are largely processing waste materials and charging us a fortune for very...

The mushrooms will do no harm and possibly help the growth of your plants.

Thank you @Purple Streaks. I don’t grow anything from seed now as I don’t have a greenhouse or suitable space elsewhere. I’m also impatient! I buy most of my grasses from Knoll gardens and divide them as they expand. I think that many of the grasses that I grow are also sterile, which is good as...

Maybe your compost is too dry? Try watering it every now and again - I've read it should be like a moist sponge, and that's not comfortable for rodents.

My problem with cardboard is the material itself. If it's new, from virgin pulp, it's just wood fibre, but recycled cardboard, and at east 75% of it is here, contains all sorts of stuff; plastic sticky tape, plastic from envelopes, packaging material such as polystyrene, polythene coated paper,...

Growmore (7-7-7 NPK general purpose fertiliser, various manufacturers):Locally (garden centres) £20 to £23 (10kg tub).Online, delivered, 25kg sack for £29.Worth looking around if (like me!) you're a bit of a skinflint.

Comfrey is the best to make a liquid feed , it was bred as a high nutrition fodder crop and the leaves contain a high proportion of potassium, ideal for promoting flowers. Grass has some nitrogen and would probably make a sludge to do more harm than good.As Nigel says, nettles are an...