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Composting
- Compost all your garden -
and uncooked vegetable - waste.
- Compost heaps can shelter
slow-worms and grass snakes - be careful when digging them over!
- Don’t burn your garden leaves -
save them and turn them into leaf litter.
- Most garden compost contains
peat - look for peat-free alternatives.
- Don't compost couch grass or
bindweed or you may have to resort to weed-killers!
- Partially compost your grass
clippings and then use them as a mulch around your plants. This keeps
moisture in and weeds out, so you do less watering and less weeding.
- Garden waste can damage the
countryside. Don’t dump it. Take it to your nearest municipal tip or
compost it yourself.
- Get together with your
neighbours (or garden society) and buy a shredder between you so you can
compost all your woody garden waste.
- Many local authorities sell
compost bins cheaply: use several.
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