Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

read this article .... it covers some of the questions asked _

good points about the pollution .... I recently read this article: snip:Every farm in Pennsylvania that land applies manure is required to have some type of a written plan that describes how the manure and other nutrients are managed. This includes manure application by various types of...

Bat guano is great stuff.

Hi all This is my second year of vege gardening and was hoping for some advise re aphids - they were on everything last year! I have also recently started composting and my compost bin is full of little flies - mainly tiny whiteish moths ??white fly - is this normal? Do I need to try and get...

I'm still using Wickes multi purpose and they've kept the same price as last year at £13 for 4 x 75 litres. Almost everything we pot on is going into peoples' gardens so they aren't remaining in the compost for long. When we make up baskets and pots we then add moisture retention and slow...

And they can't get the measurements right either ... They say things like "twenty-thousand-pounds" (for weight, if you thought my meaning was Money then, yeah, I would do too!). Even if they don't have Stones, or Tons, they must have SOME units larger than "Pounds" surely? And their Gallons...

Has anyone used this product Superthrive its supposed to ba a mirical tonic feed I used it last year and couldnt really tell if it worked or not any feedback wellback welcome.

Good point about the weed and feed HarryS, it was in my mind when I wrote my reply, but I didn't write it down!If the lawn is pretty, or very, weedy then Weed and Feed is good.If you only have a few weeds then Weed and Feed is expensive, and you'd be better off with spot treatment with a...

Nice one Clueless,i love finding things like that

this may help you Composting guide for beginners, Composting tips for everyone

"Staff", "help", "unable" , "very strange"There's an oxymoron buried in there!

I'd have thought that it would just go 'off' at some point?

Hi rusty, The first bit of advice i'd give is this, go to the allotment thread, this is we're you'lll see all the chat ref manures/feeds when & where to use why to use and a lot more advice for the new to gardening. Look forward to seeing you there.

I'm starting to wonder that. I suppose it would be cheaper to invest in a good peeler than a £60 bokashi bin or a £30 wormery!

Quality breakfast tea, with milk and two sugars Jack McHammocklashing

Oh IF only I had a van Off on me tangents Companies destroying good stuff, it is cheaper to burn the wood than transport it an PAY to put it to the tip ELF AND SAFETY laws they dare not let you on the site to take it, incase you stand on a nail and put it in your foot If the boss is away and you...

note the plastic breather pipes on the sides to aid with the decompoition

Great idea Gary.

many of my clients have the standard plastic compost bins with the little flap on the bottom If I were to buy, I would look at the tumbling ones which makes it a lot easier to turn the compost, especially when the bin starts getting full I would also buy 2 medium sized bins, as it takes a...

I'm always quite lazy, just throw cardboard in whole and find it breaks down easily enough