No I don't know Dove, wonder if it has more nitrogen in than some other things.
I understand exactly what @LunarSea means, and appreciate his consideration of us @Uff. But people are pedalling like mad to move the thread on and I don't wish to slow down the sudden and very interesting momentum.
A lot of people add comfrey and nettles to their compost bins @Dove, so I would think adding green manure plants can only be beneficial. Digging them into the soil wasn't always easy, we found.
The urine-in-a-can was usually a day's worth by the way -- we were outside a lot so it soon filled up. But odd times it wasn't emptied.... Interesting what you said about adding urine to maturing heaps. Folk might prefer that as it's not going to be disturbed like a fresh bin.
All sorts can go in. I remember one chap saying he added his nail clippings, as a bit of hoof and horn. ( anyone remember that?)
Back when I led a more rural life I found nettles a very useful addition to the compost heap/s ... forgive me if I digress for a moment ...... people worry about cutting back nettles because they're a food plant for butterfly caterpillars, but it's really useful to cut half a stand of nettles back by half in the summer to rejuvenate the clump and provide fresh young growth for the spring hatching of Small Tortoiseshells to lay their eggs on ...
The ones which have overwintered lay their eggs in the spring (usually April) ... the generation which hatches from that brood then needs fresh young nettles for their eggs/caterpillars to produce the generation that will hibernate over-winter and lay their eggs in the spring.
Without the young nettles for two broods a year the Small Tortoiseshells are in sad decline.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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No I don't know Dove, wonder if it has more nitrogen in than some other things.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
But people are pedalling like mad to move the thread on and I don't wish to slow down the sudden and very interesting momentum.
A lot of people add comfrey and nettles to their compost bins @Dove, so I would think adding green manure plants can only be beneficial. Digging them into the soil wasn't always easy, we found.
The urine-in-a-can was usually a day's worth by the way -- we were outside a lot so it soon filled up. But odd times it wasn't emptied....
Interesting what you said about adding urine to maturing heaps. Folk might prefer that as it's not going to be disturbed like a fresh bin.
All sorts can go in. I remember one chap saying he added his nail clippings, as a bit of hoof and horn. ( anyone remember that?)
The ones which have overwintered lay their eggs in the spring (usually April) ... the generation which hatches from that brood then needs fresh young nettles for their eggs/caterpillars to produce the generation that will hibernate over-winter and lay their eggs in the spring.
Without the young nettles for two broods a year the Small Tortoiseshells are in sad decline.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.