How Often Should You Turn Your Compost? So you’ve set up your compost bin, you’ve been dutifully chucking in your vegetable peelings and cardboard, and now someone’s told you that you need to turn it. But how often? Every day? Once a month? Never? If you’re standing in your garden looking at your compost heap…
The Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio in Compost: Explained Simply If you have ever tried composting and ended up with a soggy, smelly heap that refuses to break down, or a dry, lifeless pile that sits unchanged for months, there is a very good chance the carbon to nitrogen ratio was to blame. It sounds technical…
The Benefits of Composting: Why Every UK Garden Needs It My first compost bin was a disaster. I bought a cheap plastic dalek-style bin from the local council, shoved in a load of grass clippings, and then completely ignored it for eight months. When I finally lifted the lid, I was met with a soggy,…
How to Start Composting at Home in the UK: A Beginner’s Guide Every year, UK households throw away millions of tonnes of food and garden waste that could be transformed into something genuinely useful. According to WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme), food waste alone costs the average UK family around £730 per year….