At long last - back to some border work! The recent gales and high winds have at least had a much needed drying effect on the soil and conditions were really quite reasonable. We cut back all the dead Sedums, Peonies, Lychnis and Geraniums and eradicated what few weeds there were before top dressing with a super high quality home made compost! Its texture was light crumbly and sweet smelling - perfect! I know Monty Don makes heavy weather of compost making but I can promise you that ours is the result of composting grass clippings, vegetable and soft garden waste along with newspapers and chicken droppings. It is certainly NOT turned every 5 minutes as Monty recommends - we have far better things to do! It is turned once from one bay to another and then left for a year. It makes a really good quality mulch and potting medium which not only feeds the plants and improves soil quality but suppresses weed growth ................................what's not to like??
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