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This is my second composter.  It is standing on top of a tree stump. I've noticed some toad stools (fungi) around the edge of the composter. Can this have any effect on the compost,which is three quaters full

I was wondering - is it ok to put ivy prunings and moss on the compost heap or will they regenerate? I have a lot of cripsy brown rhododenrdron leaves too - they are such sturdy leaves will they compost down or would it be best to just burn them all

I had two composting boxes built a couple of years ago in an area of the garden that was thick with bindweed and ground elder and subsequently the bases of the boxes are sitting on several layers of thick membrane. I have covered to tops

Can I have people's best advice at how to reuse/reenergise compost from the tubs and pots I used for my spring bulbs??? I know I could just put it in a compost bin and restart the process but I haven't got one!!! (I'm not good enough a gardener yet

Is it possible to use old potting compost for growing carrots and salad crops? Would it be o.k. to add fish blood and bone to it as a fertilizer?   I have heard that you are meant to throw it away as it has lost it's nutrients and may contain fungal

Hi I have few plants to be put in new pots. I am thinking of using  Miracle-Gro  Levington  Verve john innes I check up on  Miracle grow not many people had good luck with it? I Dont have time to make my own compost.so i will have to buy.  plants i

This weekend I pruned my Euonymous emerald 'n' green & was hesitant on putting the cuttings in the 'darlek' to compost down as they have a bit of a waxy feel to them. Do they compost well? What other type of prunings DO NOT ie Laurel, Photina

It may have been a lousy summer for growing many crops but the wet weather bodes well for my compost.It's always 'alright' rather than 'wonderful', unlike the stuff I make at work, which is always lovely: friable, richly dark and full of worms, just

How do folk use worm compost apart from putting it rounds plants? Can it be added to multipurpose compost? I made 8 Dalek loads last year and put it all on my beds except one, which went in the bean trench . Is this question about garden compost

Hi All, I have a couple of feather pillows that are coming to the end of their useful life. If I don't do it all at once, can I add the feathers slowly to the compost heap? You could, but I would imagine they would take a very long time to decompose