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Otherwise, if you can wield a saw and some nails, you can make a wooden slatted enclosure, one metre square – or you can purchase them ready to go – and cover it with a bit of old carpet to keep the very worst of the weather off.

What you can compost : – all raw plant and fruit peelings – teabags, tea leaves and coffee grounds – egg shells – dead flowers from the house – and from the garden, soft prunings – spent bedding plants, dead leaves, grass mowings – spent compost from hanging baskets or boxes – some dryer materials like shredded pape – rabbit and guinea pig bedding.

So keep an eye fixed on it, particularly if you happen to use the wooden enclosure, and mix it with a fork now and then. What NOT to compost : – all beef products and bones, bread, cooked food – these will attract vermin – dog or moggy waste – woody material – which takes too long to compost – weeds – these can ‘infect ‘ your compost with their seeds – anything that’s non-biodegradable. And as you will not always feel just like taking a visit to the compost pile when it’s wet or cold or each time you peel veg why not keep a lidded container by the back door which you can fill up and then make the trip to the composting bin each 1 or 2 days? Over time – three months to one year, dependent on conditions – all this matter will have broken down into beautiful dark brown crumbling compost, which you can fork into your beds and borders. It makes a superb soil conditioner and can be employed as surface mulch, helping preserve moisture and deter weeds. You may also convert fallen leaves into smashing compost. Rake up any leaves from your lawn – you will have to try this many times over the autumn – and collect them from the borders. Put them all into a black waste sack, splatter with water, put a few holes round the sack with a fork, tie the top, and leave it in a corner for around a year. What you finish up with is sometimes known as leaf-mould.