Compost | Blog.Gardora.net

If you do not have a compost heap already, why not start one? Autumn produces massive garden waste that you can recycle!

Now would be a great time to start a new compost heap! Go and buy a container or build an area where it can be placed.

Make sure that you do not put weeds with mature seeds on the compost, they might spread when the compost is used.

When your annuals have died down, simply pull them out and throw them on the compost!

Remember that you should turn your compost heap over on a regular basis.

When you are planning to plant a tree you should mound the hole with compost and kee the roots wet.

Strawberries can be planted out now. An easy way to do it is to plant the runners into pots of compost first.

By digging compost into borders the water retention of the ground improves.

A compost bin can be easily built by using pallets and the tools you have at home, you should try it.

You might want to spread your left over garden compost over your beds, it will improve the soil for next spring greatly.