Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

PS Happy spring to everyone!
Gos knows Im glas to see it on the way

Cheers

Niall
Dublin



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Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

PS Happy spring to everyone!
Gos knows Im glas to see it on the way

Cheers

Niall
Dublin



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Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

PS Happy spring to everyone!
Gos knows Im glas to see it on the way

Cheers

Niall
Dublin



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writes
Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

The problem is due to your under-use of the compost you have already
made. Mulch the contents of the bin over producing areas of your garden
and begin a new batch of compost. You could bag up some of the made
compost for near future ready use if you don't want to be without any.

Pile grass cuttings, weeds, leaves etc. all on the heap and let them
heat up for similar use the following year. That way you will have
healthy soil full of natural self-fertility because nutrients taken out
of it by plants nave been returned as organic compost.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

In article , Niall Smyth niall****of
writes
Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

The problem is due to your under-use of the compost you have already
made. Mulch the contents of the bin over producing areas of your garden
and begin a new batch of compost. You could bag up some of the made
compost for near future ready use if you don't want to be without any.

Pile grass cuttings, weeds, leaves etc. all on the heap and let them
heat up for similar use the following year. That way you will have
healthy soil full of natural self-fertility because nutrients taken out
of it by plants nave been returned as organic compost.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

The message
from "Niall Smyth" contains
these words:

Hi all

What the hell do I do with my garden waste?

I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc

What can I do with it all??

I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

PS Happy spring to everyone!
Gos knows Im glas to see it on the way

Cheers

Niall
Dublin



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"Sarah Dale" wrote in
news
Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps.

Not here, they don't. (unless 'compostable garden water' is something
obscure and not just a typo!)

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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"Sarah Dale" wrote in
news
Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps.

Not here, they don't. (unless 'compostable garden water' is something
obscure and not just a typo!)

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:09:03 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

"Sarah Dale" wrote in
news

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps.


Not here, they don't. (unless 'compostable garden water' is something
obscure and not just a typo!)

Argh! That's a typo! I meant compostible (or is that compostable?) garden
waste rather than water!

Certainly I know councils in Flintshire, Norfolk and Suffolk do door to
door "green" waste collection.

Sarah

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:09:03 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

"Sarah Dale" wrote in
news

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps.


Not here, they don't. (unless 'compostable garden water' is something
obscure and not just a typo!)

Argh! That's a typo! I meant compostible (or is that compostable?) garden
waste rather than water!

Certainly I know councils in Flintshire, Norfolk and Suffolk do door to
door "green" waste collection.

Sarah

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:49:51 +0000, Niall Smyth wrote:
What the hell do I do with my garden waste?
I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc
What can I do with it all??
I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

Hi Niall,

With regards to your exisitng compost, now is a good time of year to turn
your compost heap out, and using the (good) results to mulch round the
garden.

With reagrds to new grass clippings, I use mine to mulch my flower beds. I
progressively work round the garden over the mowing months - starting at
Point A, I mulch to about 2" deep (fresh grass clippings), and keep going
till I've covered all the flower beds once, then start again at POint A.

The same can be done with leaves, although these do tend to blow around
more, and are also disturbed by the cats / birds / whatever.

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps. I can put grass cuttings, leaves, weeds, branches
up to 10mm into this. I only use mine for hedge prunings etc. because I
have trouble composting the amount of prunings my hedges generate,
everything else I compost (or mulch with) myself.

HTH, Sarah

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:49:51 +0000, Niall Smyth wrote:
What the hell do I do with my garden waste?
I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc
What can I do with it all??
I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

Hi Niall,

With regards to your exisitng compost, now is a good time of year to turn
your compost heap out, and using the (good) results to mulch round the
garden.

With reagrds to new grass clippings, I use mine to mulch my flower beds. I
progressively work round the garden over the mowing months - starting at
Point A, I mulch to about 2" deep (fresh grass clippings), and keep going
till I've covered all the flower beds once, then start again at POint A.

The same can be done with leaves, although these do tend to blow around
more, and are also disturbed by the cats / birds / whatever.

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps. I can put grass cuttings, leaves, weeds, branches
up to 10mm into this. I only use mine for hedge prunings etc. because I
have trouble composting the amount of prunings my hedges generate,
everything else I compost (or mulch with) myself.

HTH, Sarah

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:49:51 +0000, Niall Smyth wrote:
What the hell do I do with my garden waste?
I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc
What can I do with it all??
I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

Hi Niall,

With regards to your exisitng compost, now is a good time of year to turn
your compost heap out, and using the (good) results to mulch round the
garden.

With reagrds to new grass clippings, I use mine to mulch my flower beds. I
progressively work round the garden over the mowing months - starting at
Point A, I mulch to about 2" deep (fresh grass clippings), and keep going
till I've covered all the flower beds once, then start again at POint A.

The same can be done with leaves, although these do tend to blow around
more, and are also disturbed by the cats / birds / whatever.

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps. I can put grass cuttings, leaves, weeds, branches
up to 10mm into this. I only use mine for hedge prunings etc. because I
have trouble composting the amount of prunings my hedges generate,
everything else I compost (or mulch with) myself.

HTH, Sarah

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:49:51 +0000, Niall Smyth wrote:
What the hell do I do with my garden waste?
I have one compost bin that is full and rarely used
so I have weekly grass cuttings, about 3million leaves each fall
prunings, weeds etc etc
What can I do with it all??
I cant put it out with the bins or the recycling bins?

Hi Niall,

With regards to your exisitng compost, now is a good time of year to turn
your compost heap out, and using the (good) results to mulch round the
garden.

With reagrds to new grass clippings, I use mine to mulch my flower beds. I
progressively work round the garden over the mowing months - starting at
Point A, I mulch to about 2" deep (fresh grass clippings), and keep going
till I've covered all the flower beds once, then start again at POint A.

The same can be done with leaves, although these do tend to blow around
more, and are also disturbed by the cats / birds / whatever.

Here in North Wales (as they do in the rest of England and Wales), the
council do a door to door collection of compostable garden water for the
council compost heaps. I can put grass cuttings, leaves, weeds, branches
up to 10mm into this. I only use mine for hedge prunings etc. because I
have trouble composting the amount of prunings my hedges generate,
everything else I compost (or mulch with) myself.

HTH, Sarah