tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post8762257982956554089..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Happy Compost Awareness Week!VPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-20263836880900890502013-06-02T09:13:43.731+01:002013-06-02T09:13:43.731+01:00Linda - thanks for this and all your comments by e...Linda - thanks for this and all your comments by email :)<br /><br />Esther - try mulching in the autumn - the worms should help drag it down into the soil over the winter<br /><br />Pauline - there's never enough compost is there?<br /><br />Flighty - good tip re wearing gloves, I hear comfrey's hairs can be a skin irritant<br /><br />Pookledo - welcome :) Shredded paper + grass clippings is my cunning plan!<br /><br />Catherine - I used to collectmy next door neighbours guinea pig + rabbit bedding. Superb stuff, but alas their pets are long gone :(<br /><br />Helen - that's a good idea :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-84986821637723624842013-05-13T07:53:40.179+01:002013-05-13T07:53:40.179+01:00I've started mowing the lawn like a crop, so I...I've started mowing the lawn like a crop, so I don't get a huge amount of grass all at once, but can feed the bin with it more gradually. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-36761636864172154692013-05-08T18:18:44.791+01:002013-05-08T18:18:44.791+01:00My compost is greatly helped by the guinea pigs! I...My compost is greatly helped by the guinea pigs! It used to always go slimy no matter what I tried, but since the addition of the guinea pig waste it comes out beautifully crumbly, and much, much quicker to boot :-)Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384992194898858580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-49832181060917802412013-05-08T07:18:21.337+01:002013-05-08T07:18:21.337+01:00I'm having a similar problem with my compost. ...I'm having a similar problem with my compost. Two bins was perfectly fine when I was just container gardening but the bank holiday weekend has left me with 3 raised beds to fill. I've emptied all my containers and compost that is ready into bed number 1, but still need more. I've found a good supply of shredded paper though and the grass needs mowing so it's time to get into production!Pookledohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182126848630669025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-32884626866695016422013-05-07T15:32:07.847+01:002013-05-07T15:32:07.847+01:00I have a handful of comfrey plants which I leave t...I have a handful of comfrey plants which I leave to flower for the bees then cut right back and add to the compost heap. I do that several times a year, and is one job where I always wear gloves! <br />I add just about everything to my heap which only gets emptied once a year. Flighty xxFlightyhttp://flightplot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-82564151032185735532013-05-07T15:12:52.063+01:002013-05-07T15:12:52.063+01:00We have 3 large wooden sided compost bins, but sti...We have 3 large wooden sided compost bins, but still never have enough! One is being emptied at the moment, one is cooking away merrily by itself and should be ready to spread in the autumn and the third is being filled in layers. We keep all the brown dry bits that we have cut down in early spring and now that grass cutting has started, we are now able to layer them. any papers that we shred get mixed in, waste from the hoover, all cardboard gets torn up,and of course every day, the vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grounds etc. This is what they call a cold heap, but even so, it is ready to use in a year, lovely crumbly sweet smelling stuff!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057764572761794703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-41188012524051052012013-05-07T13:54:46.688+01:002013-05-07T13:54:46.688+01:00I'm rather pleased with how our compost turns ...I'm rather pleased with how our compost turns out. I put it down to the worms rather than me. We have one of those bins where you put vegetation in at the top and compost comes out at the bottom. I like the way the best has no smell and the second best has a delicious lemony scent. The problem I have with it - that my plants are packed so tightly together there's no room for digging it in. We used to use all our compost at our allotment. Now, allotmentless, it's released for our garden - which needs it for it has very poor soil. But the only way I can give it to the plants is to dig them up gently bung compost in the hole, stir it around a bit with the other earth there and put the plant back. For while I tried merely spreading it over the surface and watering it in the hope the goodness seeped down but it made a shell like crust on top of the soil - so I stopped.Esther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-63674857619311619442013-05-07T12:44:26.006+01:002013-05-07T12:44:26.006+01:00awesome post as alwaysawesome post as alwaysLINDA'Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322944728491268995noreply@blogger.com