[julietmaria]

I have just dug a section of my garden full of weeds, brambles, ivy and lots of these tall plants with purple daisy like flowers (probably not weeds but everywhere in my garden).  I have a big pile of top growth and soil and lots of roots.  My question is can I put it at the back of my garden and cover it with a black bag and use it as compost in a year or so?  What about all the roots?  Do I need to wet it down before I cover it?
Thanks for all your help on here.  I don't have an allotment just a big garden and only be growing veg and fruit for a year but I really have the bug and this site is great, thanks to all of you.
Juliet

[iwantanallotment]

I wouldn't compost anything with weeds in, personally.
Maybe I'm just over cautious, but it was such hard work getting rid of them to start with, and is ongoing hard work to keep them at bay, that I just won't chance it in case something does re-root or has dormant seeds.
But that's just me - maybe someone more knowledgeable will advise you differently  
You could burn them though, and compost the ashes?

[compostqueen]

If you have a garden then it follows that you should have a compost bin, or bins. Everything can be composted so nothing leaves the garden.  if my husband puts the grass mowings in the council bin I go nuts  :oops:
I put weeds in my daleks. If I find couch rhizomes I burn those and the dandelion roots.  It's good to weed on a dry sunny day then  you can let them fry in the sun and add them to the compost bins as browns

Those tall plants you talk about could be foxgloves and you could Freecycle those as people love them. We'll be selling them at a plant fayre this weekend.  They can be composted though, no reason why not

[julietmaria]

Thanks for replies, Compost queen - I wish they were fox gloves I would not be digging them up if they were. They just have single daisy flower in July August (purple) and seem to self seed plus have roots that shoot as well.  Do you think it is ok to to put the roots in too, or should I burn these and just put the green stuff in?

[Hawthorne]

Could the purple flowers be Michaelmas Daisies? We have loads of them too!