Compost - our first is ready!

[witch-1]

As a first year of planting - its been quite good.

Its our second year of composting!!! So this will be the first year of using our own .... which is just as well, as our second composter is full!

A few mistakes have been made with whats gone in them - but learning all the time. Second compost doesn't contain any weeds but does have cuttings from shrubs (might have to remove them if they don't rot quick enough).

Is homemade compost better? Or is it just better because its free?

Still undecided about what we're planting in the beds - we've only one completely free that had potatoes in. The other two are still with parsnips/leeks and brussels - although the first two are being used more now - so won't be long.

Will dig over the first bed and add compost this weekend... then decide what goes in. I have a variety box of garlic might put some of that in the bed but the rest into buckets!

Jan

[mrskp]

Congratulations !! I left my first batch for two years and got thousands of tomato seedlings but the advice I was given was that home grown is never going to get hot enough to kill everything.

I do tend to chuck everything in (including some bits I know I shouldn't) and you can never get enough of the stuff. I've now got three full darleks at home and one up at the lottie and have had to start creating a new heap cos I've run out of bins !

This is my second year of real growing and I've been shocked at how quick the bins fill up (but so slow to rot down). I really must get round the back of the shed and turn the two bins there, as I need the brown stuff and I need it now !

Keep your hoe handy !