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My compost heap is bone-dry

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
     :) 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    I used mine still in a dry twiggy straw like state. I needed to move a batch on, so I could turn the next bay. I put it on a baked hard empty slopey bed, that was a problem, too dry and hard to plant in really, and I had to keep weeding it. 
    The dry compost has been surprisingly effective, and the little rain we have had seems to have stayed in the soil, it’s kept it damper and it’s soft enough to plant in. So I’m pretty happy with dry twiggy compost, or, it’s better than nothing if you need a mulch. 
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    My ex was suddenly struck down with hesitancy when asked to do the necessary but recovered when he took the watering can to the bathroom. There's nothing like a good Catholic upbringing to beat the B'Jaysus into you.  :|
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    On a plus side: I've saved a fortune in petrol as the grass hasn't needed cutting.
    I reckons I spend about £15 on petrol each cut.
    Devon.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    You need sheep HF.  :)
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've had sheep before, they're too random and not in the least bit organised and thorough.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    But they’re lovely to watch and have interesting personalities 😍

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    They were divine. I loved them all, but it took 3 years to get rid of the trenches where they walked single file.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Sculpting the landscape 😀🐑

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    makin' a mess( and not cropping the grass down ) 
    Bless 'em.
    Right: coal face beckons. Seeyas all. 
    Devon.
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