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space than you.  Have you thought about setting up a Worm Bin to process your household waste?  I think in your situation with limited space that is what I'd go for - you can either make one yourself (as here http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost

clay, I have incorportated masses of grit, peat free compost and farmyard manure into my two large vegetable plots. Having had a brain-wave about raised beds, I decided to dig down to make the paths rather than order in extra topsoil which would have

few months of there being compost there are thousands of worms!! Bless 'em!We now have a worm factory too. It's not so much the compost I'm looking forward too, it's the liquor for feeding. I can almost hear the plants drooling at the thought

throughout the festive season.Work off Christmas excesses by digging over bare areasPlace cloches over tender plantsSharpen blades on garden toolsAround the gardenMake last-minute pickings of fresh flowers for the houseSpread compost on to flower beds

. Will mixing this with kitchen waste etc rejuvinate it? Of course you could make worm compost with a wormery..... giving a much richer and finer end product Of course you could make worm compost with a wormery..... giving a much richer and finer end product I

Is it OK to put citrus fruit peel in the composter? I eat grapefruit regularly and have a lot of peel but am not sure if it will be OK I'd stick it in the worm farm just to be safe.. Thank you Neil. I'm new to composting but it just didn't seem

to be damp but not wet, so cover it to prevent rainfall making it all into a soggy mess. In scientific terms, if it gets too wet and isn't turned, the 'good' air-loving (aerobic) bacteria which do the composting will die-off and be replaced with anaerobic

compost bin in 20 years of composting...@happymarion - I think they like warm heaps, so it would make sense that a new heap is more attractive to slow worms as it's breaking down. I am very jealous of your slow worms!Kate Ive never had a hedgehog in my bin

Could you tell me where I can buy the coir Monty uses to make his own potting compost yvonne1, I believe he is talking about coconut coir, and you can buy it at just about any place that sells potting soil. A lot of applications where peat has been

Please help. I have a raised bed and half is ericacious compost and half is "normal "compost. My ericacious has no worms at all and wonder if this is why it is difficult to fork as it seems full of roots. How would I improve the soil so its more