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Local council giving away soil improver

greatnorthernexoticgreatnorthernexotic Posts: 119
in Problem solving
My local council is giving away soil improver. I've already had two boots full and will be heading back for more. Just a heads up if anyone is in the Wakefield area.

https://renewiwakefield.co.uk/news/wakefield-residents-can-claim-their-free-soil-improver-from-household-waste-recycling-centres-this-autumn/

Any other local councils doing this?
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Nothing like that around here :(.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    What a great service. It would be even better if they invited people to make a voluntary donation on collecting the compost to go to a nominated charity.
    Rutland, England
  • Penny_ForthemPenny_Forthem Posts: 455
    They do provide it here, too (N Wales) and it's very popular
    Beautiful North Wales - hiraeth
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Fill yer boots!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I asked our council about it,  she said people had complained so much about the weeds in it that they wouldn’t be offering it,  they use it on their own beds.  I know someone who brought in a load of JKW.
    Maybe other councils have hotter heaps to kill al weeds, ours obviously didn’t.
    After seeing what people put in their waste bags I wouldn’t use it.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Just looked on the Fenland Council website, it appears they've teamed up with getcomposting.com - you just type in your postcode. As an example they are selling a Blackwall 220L bin for £22.50 - same product on Amazon is £65. 

    Don't much care for the plastic ones, but they 'look tidy(ish)' - I'm having a domestic with my OH as he's not into gardening and he hates compost heaps. I'm very tempted to buy.

    Thanks for the heads up that I should check.
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I use it a lot, but have to pay for it here. I have seen the heaps and they are certainly hot.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Good to hear @punkdoc.  Perhaps they’ll try that here. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DevonianDevonian Posts: 176
    @Lyn if you're able to get to Exeter area, I've used the company below in the past who fill up a trailer/pickup load for free!

    Not affiliated with them in any way, it's just that having found them (it wasn't easy!) it's worth a share - presuming they still offer it. It's the stuff that Toby Buckland uses, I believe.

    I had to call the number on the site and find out when it was available for collection.

    https://www.coastaluk.co.uk/our-services/coastal-organics/how-do-we-create-organic-compost/
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Too far from Exeter and we  sold the truck when we retired. 
    Maybe West Devon will have a scheme in time.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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