composting for newbies?
I was determined, when I got my garden, that the first things I’d get for it would be a composter and a water butt. I’d even...
Garden Waste (Les Barker)
Garden Waste (Les Barker)
I’d never had a garden,
So I smiled all summer; watched it grow.
Flowers came and flowers went,
With...
Potting Compost Mixes
On Saturday Bizzylizzie asked for home made potting compost recipies. Ah, cue for a blog!
I use a lot of potting compost,what...
Mucking about!
Guess how I spent my afternoon! The title should give you a clue....
In this rural area, there are a lot of people around...
A Recipe for 'Black Gold'
What's that? Read on and find out!
N.B. if you are an experienced gardener, you may wish to ignore this blog!
INGREDIENTS...
Allergy to Potting Compost
The contents of bags of commercial potting compost especially the multi purpose sort, brings me out in itching and occasionally...
Testing some "compost tea"..
I made up my first batch of "compost tea" and decided to test it on the Ivy that is growing in my "gutted amplifier planter"...
Ants in compost bin
Two weeks ago i started a compost bin, but when i opened it today, it was
running alive with ants, I'm i doing something...
Lets talk dirty :-)
Well.... good ole clean dirt anyway :-)) here is our very first big pile of homemade compost 2 years old a tonne at least!...
Compost Corner
I don’t claim to be a world expert in the field of compost, but I have had a good long discussion with people at work and...
COMPOST......
As its been lovely and sunny, i decided to empty my black compost bin out...
It was hard to move, so i got a fork underneath...
Get ready to be "Amazed"
Just read in this wks Garden News,
School gardens and Allotments could soon be charged for having a compost heap. Whaaaat.???...
Soil and Compost...
Started out to talk about compost the other time, and got sidetracked onto musing about the weather...lol.
We all obsess...
COMPOST
As I installed 2x1 metre square raised beds, I of course needed compost. In one I put non-peat compost in the other a peat...
Starting a compost bin
My new compost bin finally arrived this morning and I've realised I'm not quite sure what to do with it. The first issue...