Difficult if you don't have a garden to use it on @Ynnead, but you can certainly make use of it with some additions, and it would be fine for bulbs. As @Allotment Boy says - it's the roots that can be more of a problem, depending in what you've planted, but you can chop those up a bit which helps. Is there anyone you know that does have a garden? Perhaps you could get rid of some that way, and start anew with fresh stuff
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I only grow in pots, and honestly can’t afford to replace all of the compost each year. I find most things do just fine with old and new mixed. Just check the “old” for nasty intruders like vine weevil grubs. If you find any dispose of that soil for sure.
assuming all is ok mix half and half with a bit of slow release fertilizer in spring. As others have said old compost is fine for lovely spring bulbs as they are “fed” from the bulb, not the soil.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
Remove the old plants. Tip the compost out of the pot and mash it up to slice up any old roots or compaction with a shovel or trowel. Add to it fish blood and bone (FBB) meal and mix well with your shovel. Put it all back in the pot and your good to go for another year.
I do this every year with the same compost everything grows fine as long as you replenish the nutrient i.e FBB. The compost is just the medium to hold the nutrient, replenish that and your good to go.
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As @Allotment Boy says - it's the roots that can be more of a problem, depending in what you've planted, but you can chop those up a bit which helps.
Is there anyone you know that does have a garden? Perhaps you could get rid of some that way, and start anew with fresh stuff
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
assuming all is ok mix half and half with a bit of slow release fertilizer in spring. As others have said old compost is fine for lovely spring bulbs as they are “fed” from the bulb, not the soil.
I do this every year with the same compost everything grows fine as long as you replenish the nutrient i.e FBB. The compost is just the medium to hold the nutrient, replenish that and your good to go.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'