Seems like Aberdeen has more in common with Ontario than other parts of the UK ...! I lost an entire greenhouse of tomatoes to blight (third...
Thanks for that, Quercus - sounds like I need to remember to move them onto the windowsill each morning, there's no danger of them getting too...
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum; there didn't seem to be anything specifically for house plants... I force hyacinths every year and get...
Iceni - does your Bosch scarifier just get the dead thatch out, or will it also yank out moss? Clare
Thanks Dave and Geoff I had one of those aerators but I broke it - perhaps I had a bit too much heavy stuff in the compost bin!
Thanks for that, Dave. Lots of food for thought ... I don't really have very woody stuff - it's things like lupin, daisy and sunflower stems etc...
Thanks for those replies - I do mix the grass cuttings with scrunched up newspaper - inevitably there is way more grass cuttings than woodier...
Thanks for that, Alice and Claire. Do you have anything that you stack your heaps up against, or are they just free-standing? Clare
I have a reasonably large garden and produce a lot of material for composting - I reckon I could fill 3 large bins each year. I have a lot of...
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