Turning Garden Scraps into Black Gold – Making Compost
Right then — pull up a chair, pour a mug of tea, and let me take you on a journey I’ve been fossicking around in for years: making my own compost. Now, we’ve all heard the phrase ‘black gold’ thrown around by every gardening magazine and TV expert going, but I’ll be honest with you — once you’ve got a good compost system humming, you’ll see why they call it that. It’s like gold for bedding plants, borders, and veg beds… and best of all, it doesn’t cost a penny! 1. What I’m Composting (And How I Do It) I’m obsessive about getting the best out of every scrap and clipping I can muster, whether at home or down on the allotment. My composting life pretty much starts at home, even though I have two lovely compost bins at the allotments — more about those later. At home, my system is fairly simple but effective: Greens — That’s kitchen veg peelings, fruit scraps, grass cuttings, tender prunings and various soft bits from both the garden and allotment. Browns — Everything...
