Wooden Compost Bins vs Plastic: Which Is Better? My first compost bin was a battered black plastic dalek — the kind you see stacked outside garden centres across the country every spring, usually priced somewhere between £20 and £40. It did its job, more or less. Kitchen scraps went in, a vaguely earthy smell came…
How to Choose the Right Compost Bin for Your Garden Composting is one of the most satisfying things you can do as a gardener. You take kitchen scraps and garden waste, tuck them away, and a few months later you pull out rich, dark, crumbly stuff that your plants absolutely love. But before any of…
Composting in a Small Garden or on a Balcony Many people assume composting is only for those with sprawling gardens, a dedicated veg patch, or at least a decent-sized lawn. In reality, composting is entirely achievable in a small urban garden, a courtyard, or even on a balcony several floors up. With the right approach,…
Garden Waste for Compost: Leaves, Grass and Prunings If your garden produces more green waste than you know what to do with, you are already sitting on one of the best composting resources available. Leaves piling up along the fence, grass clippings left on the lawn after mowing, woody prunings heaped beside the shed —…
Composting Tea Bags and Coffee Grounds: The Full Truth Every morning, somewhere in Britain, millions of people make a cup of tea. They dunk the bag, squeeze it against the mug with a spoon, and drop it in the bin without a second thought. Meanwhile, the coffee drinkers are spooning grounds into their filters, brewing…
Can You Compost Meat and Dairy in the UK? It’s one of the most common questions that comes up when people first start composting at home. You’ve got a chicken carcass left over from Sunday’s roast, or a bit of old cheese that’s seen better days, and you find yourself standing over the compost bin…
Composting Cooked Food in the UK: What’s Allowed? If you’ve recently started composting, or you’re thinking about giving it a go, you’ve probably already run into the great cooked food question. You’ve made a lovely shepherd’s pie, there’s a bit left over, it’s gone off in the fridge, and now you’re standing over the bin…
What to Compost: A Complete UK Guide to Green and Brown Materials If you’ve ever stood in your kitchen holding a soggy tea bag and wondered whether it can go in the compost bin, you’re not alone. Composting is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you’re actually doing it, and suddenly you’ve got…
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….