Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Another point the water would have to be treated in some way storing water and passing it through pipes would lead to a problem of algae build up, you would have all sorts of gligamaglogs growing in the system. :eek:

I grew a lot of strawberries in containers and every website i'v looked at recommends feeding with a liquid tomato feed

I have recently started peeiing into a bucket with a layer of sawdust/shavings at the botton so neighbors can't hear what I'm up to and when there's enough into the composter it goes. Save taking mucky shoes off to go inside tothe loo. Also the pet rabits latrine is lines with...

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

May be a good reason for that ... for example: if they have no means of preventing glass and other such stuff from getting into the compost they may feel it is better to use it only in applications where that doesn't matter - agricultural perhaps, or maybe parks & gardens where staff are...

I'd put them straight on the top of the compost pile, frozen. They'll be defrosted in a couple of hours, but probably make a right-mess if you defrost them in a container first and then transfer to compost heap. It would avoid cooling the compost heap thought, although provided placed on top,...

I usually get enough to fill a Ford Transit. Is that enough for you?

you are quite right Marge, it would not do your basket plant any good. a good quality compost from your local nursery. also get some SWELL GEL to add to your basket compost as it retains moisture to save on watering, specially if we get a hose pipe ban, which seems to be inevitable..

last year I used the compost from my potato buckets to grow cougettes and pumpkins at the other end of the garden and no adverse effect .

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!!!!

Thanks all

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...

Ba Dum, Tish.....:D

Many thanks Peter

I've just heard a suggestion that once vegetable seedlings take hold, stop weeding around them and allow the weeds to grow - this prevents the soil drying out and the veggies need far less water and far fewer bugs. Then I searched the idea of undersowing with green manure seeds. Has anyone...

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...

Thanks everyoneI'll keep an eye out for hobbits :D

A friend has one. It has two compartments - one "maturing" whilst the other is "filling". She thinks it is marvellous. More expensive than a Dalek - which your local council may be sponsoring - ours sell the large Daleks for £ 20You can see if they offer them in your area here:

Thank you everyone - I can sleep easy tonight !!!!

Thank you for the advice everyone! After months of nagging the council about the trees overhanging my garden, I most certainly do not want a forest in my garden, particularly not the stick willow, which I hate. It is no good even to burn. Musn't complain though: trees are the lungs of a city,...