Blogs on compost

Hard hat on....Trying to make a compost bin

I'm feeling quite pleased with myself. I've managed to cobble together some compost bins in order to tidy up my garden. When...

Coincidence or wishful thinking ?

I have been deadheading the chives ,over the past week,and composting them..and this is what I started thinking..as you do...If...

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...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 4

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 4 This is the last part of this series of blogs on composting-but I wonder now...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 3

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 3 Liquid Compost Comfrey & Nettles can make a superb liquid fertiliser....

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 2

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 2 This is a continuation of the previous blog on composting. What a lot of hot...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 1

Cambridge Botanical Gardens-(Compost Corner) Follow me around the compost corner to learn a bit about composting-even if...

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...

Compost......we all buy it don't we?

We all have our favourite multi-purpose compost, so which one do you use and why would you recommend it? do you use pelleted...

Turn away now if you are squeamish!

Yesterday I turned the compost heap and was shocked at just how many worms there are in it (and how little of anything else),...

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...

I'LL DRINK TO THAT !!!...going BANANAS !!

Blog #30. Romantic roses which I inherited from my mother's garden..but.. ...what's your advice ?... ...would my roses benefit...

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.???...

It's the Same Old Song...COMPOST

It's the same old song... compost...compost...compost. This month I have an excellent source of nutrients to add to the...

How do I know this is good compost?

What does it mean if it smells? or if it's too wet? I had questions and decided to read-up. Found a number of publications......

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...