Yes - I can see the point in that sort of situation @JennyJ, and I know people do that for beans etc, but I was getting the impression this was different. Perhaps I've got it wrong
I suppose it's better than burying old washing machines and furniture in the garden, like some folk do!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm sure you haven't got it wrong @Fairygirl . There's no single right way for most things gardening in any case.
I seem to remember there was a lady on Gardener's World sometime last year (or maybe the one before) who left all her prunings and trimmings to rot where they fell amongst the plants. She said it worked but it was rather an informal garden and on the large side with mostly large tall plants, so it wouldn't suit everyone but is another possibility in the right situation.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It's called 'trench composting'. We used to use it on organic land about 20 years. It can work really well, and save composting bin space. There's any number of approaches like this on Youtube.
My dad used to do that as well, never raked up even a leaf, we had a row of very tall beech trees but by the spring they would have disappeared. I said once I though it looked a bit untidy, he just said let the worms do the work. He did pick up and chop hydrangea and Buddleia prunings for the compost heap but plants and leaves, never.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I don’t know if anyone is a fan of Charles Dowding or thinks he’s just a corner cutter, but in his book Myths and Misconceptions he says it makes no different to runner beans digging a trench, I haven’t done it since, it didn’t make any difference.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I knew about doing it for beans and similar planting etc @JennyJ, but I just thought @Jenny_Aster meant something else - as in putting stuff into a standard sort of border among plants. I probably didn't make myself clear. Just for a change
I couldn't leave lots of stuff lying around on the soil though [not that I have a lot of bare soil] other than small amounts of leaves. They'd still be lying there a year on. I suppose if I covered it with a mulch at that point it might be ok.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I do quite often use raw kitchen waste to start off my various containers in late Autumn - layer it with paper, cardboard, grass and shreddings, top soil and already composted stuff. Come Spring, I top up with MPC if needed and use the containers for Toms, Cukes, Courgettes, Physalis and Beans. Seems to work well enough. In the deeper containers, I have been known to bury the odd dead bird as well but that's not often thank goodness. As for the compost sold/given by local council and recycling centres, I tend to avoid it. Once you look into the Green Waste Skips and see what people have included, it tends to put you off a bit ! The basic MPC available these days is bad enough - plastic, wire, glass as well as the inevitable weed seeds.
This afternoon I chased up the label I need to stick to my garden waste bin before the first collection in 2 weeks. Whilst I was on I asked the chap at the council what happened to my garden waste. He had no idea and no inclination to point me in the right direction or pass me on to somebody who might know/would find out. That's the end of that then!
I don’t know if anyone is a fan of Charles Dowding or thinks he’s just a corner cutter, but in his book Myths and Misconceptions he says it makes no different to runner beans digging a trench, I haven’t done it since, it didn’t make any difference.
Just as well I don't like runner beans then @Lyn! Saved a lot of bother
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I suppose it's better than burying old washing machines and furniture in the garden, like some folk do!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I said once I though it looked a bit untidy, he just said let the worms do the work.
He did pick up and chop hydrangea and Buddleia prunings for the compost heap but plants and leaves, never.
I probably didn't make myself clear. Just for a change
I couldn't leave lots of stuff lying around on the soil though [not that I have a lot of bare soil] other than small amounts of leaves. They'd still be lying there a year on. I suppose if I covered it with a mulch at that point it might be ok.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As for the compost sold/given by local council and recycling centres, I tend to avoid it. Once you look into the Green Waste Skips and see what people have included, it tends to put you off a bit ! The basic MPC available these days is bad enough - plastic, wire, glass as well as the inevitable weed seeds.
'the odd dead bird' -as long as it isn't yer granny....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...