Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Cheers for the photos Steve, I plan on doing mine much the same I hope, have tin sheets about the place and could grab a few pallets and stuff too if needs be.Spoken like a true engineer haha! I know Ill get more out of it but was thinking of being lazy.I can get the manure regularly and...

As I had 2 tons of topsoil delivered - 1 from Rolawn (beds and borders) and 1 from "fieldcompost" I had enough left over from filling 2 raised beds to allow me to scrape off some of the topsoil that had a more than a dusting of sand on it - to make it easier I just flattened the surface first by...

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

You could use it as mulch as it is

I can get 40L bags for £2 here so gave it a try, Budgens are selling it. I hadn't heard of it before either but was pleasantly surprised. I must have most other compost this year I've been disappointed by

You're most welcome.

Autumn for me too. Agree, manure is all about feeding the soil and adding structure to it. Quite different to fertiliser

Hi Dave! How did the Dalek bins become worm bins?

I think Nigel has hit the nail on the head.I wouldn't have thought that green manure (of whatever type of plant) would be any good for your purposes.I've used field beans to break up my clay soil - they need to be dug in before they flower.They did look quite attractive and grew quickly -...

You could make marmite with it Should be fine on the compost, but better in a leafmold bin

Hi, Good luck, hope you read the book with it. I've had mine a couple of years now and it seems to work well. Much slower than I expected and not much output, although quicker in the summer. I put very little in once temperature drops. The tap at the bottom gets clogged leading me to think there...

Pffff...bonfires are not allowed! (Officially ) And I'll have you know that my pommes de terre don't have blight This is because they never got planted

Egg boxes are good, not sure about the cat-food ones - wouldn't use these if the cardboard has a glossy finish.Try finding some discarded boxes next time you go to the supermarket. That's what I do - white as well as brown, so long as they're dull rather than shiny card. The shelf-stackers...

Is this something to do with your latest off grid electricty generator?

Thank you all. :-)

Also, don't forget to put your contents of your vacuum bag in the compost bin.

Hi HB,I know its an old post but thought this might interest you and others.I was planting some blueberries and using cider vinergar to reduce the acidity of my tap water for them.Using an ebay £6 PH pen type meter ( checked ok against a friends £100+ PH meter ) I found that just 1/2 a...

Good points - thanks.

Great to see someone expounding the virtues of leaf mould in such an informative and useful way. Being fortunate to have massive trees we are up to our eyeballs every Autumn with leaves. It's hard work but we collect as many as we can and store them for 2 years before use. Sometimes as the...

@rustyroots Maybe this thread will be of help.