i try my best do do my bit for the environment, even buying peat free compost. i bought a big bag from b&Q but find that it dries out much quicker than ordinary compost and water seems to just run straight through it. has anyone got any ideas to get it to retain moisture or is there a better type of peat free compost.
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I find that B&Q's own brand peat-free is appalling (as is Homebase's). They do now stock Westland, which is better, but the best by far is New Horizon. The trouble is, whatever brand you buy it comes in plastic sacks. I'm currently researching into recipes and hope to make my own next year.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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i do have my own compost bin at the allotment but i use that soley for the plot.
where did you get the new horizon from bluemoon? the plastic sack is a problem but i put all my plastic bags in the recycling bin at the supermarket. i always end up with loads of carriers etc i always forget to take my reuseable bags when i go shopping! memory like a sieve.
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I always make my own JI compost because I can't afford to do otherwise.
I just ad lib it a bit and it always seems to be ok!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Originally posted by Snadger View PostI always make my own JI compost because I can't afford to do otherwise.
I just ad lib it a bit and it always seems to be ok!
As to peat free compost - never tried them myself but you don't have to give up on peat as there are some that are "reclaimed" from the northern reservoirs where they filter it out of the water in the treatment works so it's not quite so bad as digging it up
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