Compost sack request?

[piskieinboots]

This may be a silly idea but let's run it by you guys and see what comes up

I have to transport all of my home-made compost to Henlow in June, I have to do it in such a way that the removal chappies don't realise they are carrying a load of rotting vegetation!

So - bag it up thinks I
So - leave it here and dig it in to current garden thinks Snowdrop
*he has no idea does he

Normal black bags won't be strong enough, but shop-bought compost sacks would be! So, here's my ask - anyone got any spare compost sacks that they don't want, I will pay postage obviously.

Any other ideas?

Wayne, come visit your family over here and load it into your boot for me - that'd work eh

[zazen999]

What we used was Rubble Sacks; from Wickes.

We also transported loads of compost from one house to the other; we started bagging it up as soon as we made an offer. I had a Nissan Navara at the time; so we lugged in in that and bundled it over.

If you get heavy duty elastic bands, half fill them and band them up securely, I'm sure they won't suss. I'm also sure they've seen all sorts moved.

http://www.rubblesacks.org/

[Hans Mum]

I've got a couple of empty sacks I'll gladly send you, dont know how much youve got to take with you (& you have to!!!)
what about these
Black fertiliser Sacks ( 24 x 42” 700 gauge ) Liners, Bags & Sacks

If you want my couple PM me your address

[HeyWayne]

Wayne, come visit your family over here and load it into your boot for me - that'd work eh

Even my car'd not carry that load.

My immediate thought was these:

Hippobag - the skip alternative

but then a realised that filling them is one thing - transporting them is another.

[blue411]

Put it into compost bags then into boxes and pretend that its just normal moving items, you could even write "kitchen" on them or similar?!? They wont open the boxes to look especially if you cellotape them up really well

[elsie-scot]

Depending on how much you have - could you bag, secure then box it, and just write on the oustside - heavy, garden

[elsie-scot]

Put it into compost bags then into boxes and pretend that its just normal moving items, you could even write "kitchen" on them or similar?!? They wont open the boxes to look especially if you cellotape them up really well

great minds!

[bobleponge]

Nick some Ikea bags, er I mean, see if you can find any discarded Ikea bags and use those, half full, taped up etc etc.
Last time I moved house in t'army the blokes were brilliant. They weren't supposed to, weren't allowed to, but they took the old GT6 I was in the process of restoring, much to the disgust of the incumbent Mme Leponge.
Sure a few?? bags of garden compost wont overly offend their sensibilities.

[piskieinboots]

I'm going to send Snowdrop out when they come to survey the goods and will smile sweetly

[chris]

I can't see why they won't move it for you, or is it house hold stuff only-removal contract type thingymabob?

[snuffer]

I bagged up my compost into old compost bags when we moved (about 10 years ago now). Sealed the tops with tiewraps (those plastic thingys that can't be undone once fastened up). The removal guys knew what they were moving and never batted an eyelid.

One question they did ask was; is one of you a teacher? Yes how did you guess? says I. It's the books, whenever we move a teacher there are always boxes and boxes of books. Must admit, we did have rather a lot. Can you imagine how many more there are now, ten years later?

Don't have any compost bags at the moment but will have stacks middle of April time. I would be happy to post them on to you if mid April is not to late.

Have fun with the move and make sure you rescue all that lovely compost.

[ammi]

Couldnt you use an old wheelie bin and drill a little hole in the lid for a padlock. Then paint on the side of the bin SHED so that they only think that its old tools and pots. Also the wheels on the bin would make it easier to move!

[Torreya]

Do you have a friendly local gc/nursery that uses bagged compost? They will usually give them away if you talk nicely, or at worst, my local v. small independent one charges me 10p ea. for empties. Worth a try!

[Sanjo]

We brought back chicken poo compost from our daughters house last week and we used B & Q rubble sacks. I did put one inside the other, not for strength so much as to keep the other half happy that it wouldn't leak out all over the back of the car.
There I was, digging it out all by myself, and trying to keep the bags just full enough for me to lift (didn't want complaints that I was trying to kill him ) when out he comes to supervise the job!! and tells me there's plenty more room in those sacks so, didn't have any choice did I!! I just got on and filled them. They seem pretty strong.

[snohare]

Find someone who keeps poultry. The bags that chickenfeed and layers pellets come in are great, larger, stronger and less slippery to carry than rubble sacks; and some folk buy it by the ton, which means they have an awful lot of bags to get rid of...