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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Wild marjoram all over the shop. I've left it for the butterflies -narry a one😕 
    I assume it's the cold weather.
    It's not a particularly attractive addition to my garden😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Filled pasta for dinner. Serves two people, contains an odd number of pastas. Asda logic  :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    One to taste to see if it's done😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited July 2020
    The soil level in my containers ( dahlias, tomatoes etc) had got quite low so I bought a bag of compost to top them up. The only thing I could get was westlands new horizon organic peat free. I'd have been better doing without😕
    It acts like a wick, absorbing the moisture from below for easier evaporation. Then I'm left with grey stuff on top that looks like what you tip out of the hoover.😡
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    B3 said:
    The soil level in my containers ( dahlias, tomatoes etc) had got quite low so I bought a bag of compost to top them up. The only thing I could get was westlands new horizon organic peat free. I'd have been better doing without😕
    It acts like a wick, absorbing the moisture from below for easier evaporation. Then I'm left with grey stuff on top that looks like what you tip out of the hoover.😡


    One of the reasons I avoid peat free compost.

    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Are they all that bad,I wonder?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I can't say all are bad, but the stuff I got last year was so light it didn't absorb much moisture at all.  Really utterly useless.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Oh dear, I bought 3 bags of the Westland stuff as that was all I could get at the time. I have been mixing it with some home made compost though so I hope it will be okay.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497

    B3 said:
    Are they all that bad,I wonder?
    Silvagrow is great stuff.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If I see some I'll try that one.
    A bit strange that the westlands effort was the only compost available in two places. 😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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