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Uses for jumbo bulk bags

primrosecottageprimrosecottage Posts: 817
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Hi everyone image I've just emptied a big jumbo bulk bag of gravel for the garden  and have the empty bag has anyone any suggestions for its use . I thought of a raised salad bed but it would take an awful lot of soil.  Have any of you made good use of one?

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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,354

    I have 2 or 3 which I keep next to the compost bins for storing stuff like shreddings, grass cuttings and leaves which always seem to 'arrive' in bulk (in spring, summer and autumn respecticely) - but are better added to the compost bins in shallower layers. At the moment 2 are full of last autumns leaves which are just starting to break down and will soon start to be added to the bins.

     

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    I too use mine for grass clippings/ fallen leaves. Then leave them about 6 months and they're ready to use. 

    I also use them to store tree shreddings brought to me by a local tree surgeon.

    Devon.
  • primrosecottageprimrosecottage Posts: 817

    Thanks guys sounds the best idea image I've Lready got loads of stuff waiting to go in the bins and  they won't take much filling 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    they don't like to sit out in the sun, seems  to make them go a bit brittle. Try to get them in the shade if you can.

    Devon.
  • archiepemarchiepem Posts: 1,155

    Used one to line a large bed that I levelled up .as  it slopped off at the bottom.

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