Garden compost
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:44 pm
We opened one of our large compost bins on the allotment today (approx 5' x 5') and started shovelling out the compost which has been "stewing" for about three years - beautiful black stuff with only a minimum of a few unrotted cabbage stalks or sunflower stems. Everything will be spread on next year's brassica bed.
At home, I emptied all our three compost bins yesterday (large size rubbish bins, drilled with holes at the bottom and in the sides) which is only used for kitchen rubbish, occasional garden rubbish (without seeds or perennial roots) and cardboard like toilet rolls, cereal boxes etc. That, too, provided some gorgeous compost and was spread on the vegetable area in the garden where we grow mainly salad stuff, herbs and 'delicate' vegetables.
Every time I open a compost heap I am amazed how all that green rubbish can turn into lovely compost!
At home, I emptied all our three compost bins yesterday (large size rubbish bins, drilled with holes at the bottom and in the sides) which is only used for kitchen rubbish, occasional garden rubbish (without seeds or perennial roots) and cardboard like toilet rolls, cereal boxes etc. That, too, provided some gorgeous compost and was spread on the vegetable area in the garden where we grow mainly salad stuff, herbs and 'delicate' vegetables.
Every time I open a compost heap I am amazed how all that green rubbish can turn into lovely compost!