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and the weeds will grow through regardless!So, if I'm ever asked for a gardening tip for a new gardener it would have to be mulch, mulch, mulch. Home-made compost costs you nothing, so make as much as you can from kitchen and garden waste as well as leaves

compost bins for about 6 years and it works well, producing good compost.On our exposed site we have found it best to line the bin with old cardboard boxes placed between the two layers of each pallet and also to put newspaper inside.If you make a row

: remnants of egg casings from the snakes. In a recent programme on the Baltic states it was mentioned that these snakes were venerated and worshiped there. I feel privileged. It is amusing to see adverts and articles extolling the benefits of compost making

and got our compost, what are the guidelines for using it for sewing seeds..I would like to mix up my own but cant find any info... I haven't found any worms in my compost ! I add a mixture of waste as directed in any compost making info. once the top

compost you can make, assuming that your garden produces plenty of green waste but they take up quite a bit of room. Are you going to turn your compost or are you planning on filling it one year and emptying it the following year? I have a compost bin

naturally be found beneath leaves, and dead bark. Blackbirds in my garden make a similar mess with any compost, or manure, put on the garden. They are searching for worms and grubs.Sparrows and tits, on the other hand, are seed feeders. So they don't bother

of water but dont make it to wet you will see the worms cuming and it will feel warm you will no then it is working it will take atime to rot down i get sume good compost from mine Composting, It's addictive. Last year I decided to start growing a few

air pockets for the microbes and stops you getting a rancid anaerobic mess. What a nightmare compost can be and Monty makes it look like child play. As i understand it  The basics are A layer of bark chippings or cardboard then a layer of greens until

instructions from the magazine.)Conveniently, there's a bucket of sludge sat in my garden at the moment, which I haven't got around to doing something with. Partially decomposed kitchen waste, I removed it from the overflowing compost bin to make space for a

I've  been making my own compost for the last 4 years, I have three large 1m.sq bins made from wooden palets so am able to use each bin every 2 years. My mix is made up of kitchen veg waste, grass clipings and green leafy waste from the garden