[compostqueen]

Well hopefully now that I've harvested two years worth of crops off it it's power will be depleted but good enough for seeds. It's gorgeously crumbly.  Rubble sacks make great raised beds and compost bins

[devonbarmygardener]

If only I had some space to put it in!

Ah! After your potatoes?

Not sure if had plans for that bed after them but good thinking

[goodtogrow]

Depleted power is something to hope for, compostqueen? 

[compostqueen]

You know what I mean though 

[Annen]

it's the compost that they produce from the green/brown bins ..... it's ok as a soil conditioner, and it's free

We have to pay £16 a load (about a tonne) for ours from the council

[mumofstig]

Can't get it around here, not even to buy 

[Nufan182]

Can't get it around here, not even to buy 

If you ever pop into Canterbury the Household Waste Recycling Centre on Vauxhall Road, near M&S Food sell soil improver for £3-5 per 40 (I think) litre bag. It may be worth looking to see if the Cobbs Park Industrial Estate Centre sell it? I believe that Kent County Council have a website for the Wast Recycling Centres, or at least they used to.

I hope this helps.

Hope you all have a good day.

Nufan

[dim]

it's the compost that they produce from the green/brown bins ..... it's ok as a soil conditioner, and it's free

We have to pay £16 a load (about a tonne) for ours from the council

might be worthwhile contacting Amey Cespa in Waterbeach Cambridge to find out which recycle centres nearby your home supply the soil conditioner for free:

http://www.ameycespa.com/east/free-compost-collection

it's ok (for free), and very good to dig into new beds or work into the ground if you are seeding a new lawn ... it's made to PAS 100 standards.

some places sell 40 litre bags of the soil conditioner for £4 .... if I had to pay £4 per bag, I would rather buy 50 litre bags of Murphy's peat based compost for a fiver ...

[surbie100]

Or a few bean & queued 125l  Verve compost for £6 each...

[dim]

Or a few bean & queued 125l  Verve compost for £6 each...

had a look at those and was not impressed ..... best on the market this year is Murphys (and it's one of the cheapest) ..... the rest is junk IMHO

[barley]

Now is a good time to sow green manure depending on which one you choose.

So how does green manure work then ?

[mumofstig]

The RHS page explains it 
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=373

[barley]

The RHS page explains it 
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=373

looks a bit the same as weeds LOL

[arugula]

That's a good article that Mumofstig posted. Some of them are weeds, or wildflowers at least but good at putting nutrients into the soil.

[Growster...]

Well hopefully now that I've harvested two years worth of crops off it it's power will be depleted but good enough for seeds. It's gorgeously crumbly.  Rubble sacks make great raised beds and compost bins

CQ, do you mean the non-returnable one-tonne bags which are used for sand etc deliveries?