Easy Edible Hedge
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Lots of material is suitable for a compost heap. Pile in a mix of green and brown materials, to help them heat up, when biological activity will be at the highest.
Type of Material
Ashes from untreated wood potash – use small amounts, it can make the pile too alkaline Bird & Chicken droppings are high in nitrogen, beware seeds. Cardboard and manila envelopes tear or shred and dampen Bio-activator applied as a liquid or activator like Garrotta Coffee grounds tea bags and filters Comfrey leaves or water soaked in comfrey. Chemically treated grass mowings use after six months Diseased plants but if your pile doesn’t get hot enough, it might not kill the pathogen. Eggshells crush and crumble Hair but not in big clumps Hedge Clippings finer the better Kitchen waste- vegetable matter, fruit and vegetable peelings – uncooked trimmings Leaves from broadleaved trees decompose slowly, shredding helps them break down faster. Manure horse, cow, pig, sheep, rabbit – good nutrient source. Newspaper shredded to breakdown and mixed with green matter Pine needles and cones – acidic and decomposes slowly. Seaweed good for trace elements Soil with worms in very thin layers. Sawdust, chipped trees and wood shavings mix with green material and do not use too much or pile separately. Weeds dried out on the path then added. Don’t use seed heads Turf pile separately grass to grass roots to roots to make loam.
Good quality compost pail
Wooden framed compost heap
Green 220 litre compost bin