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It is beginning to become more obvious nowadays that we need to recycle as much as we can, and anyone with a garden has an early lead and can make a good contribution. To many amateur gardeners, including myself, this particular subject can be rather tough to grasp; but in reality it is really simple – there are simply a few extremely simple rules:

You want a composting bin, and the type you choose rather depends on the size of your garden, but there are a couple of options:

A custom built plastic bin acquired from a garden center, not too expensive; and you just fill up from the top and one or two months later , you can take compost from a small hatch at the base.

Alternatively, 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 made – and cover it with a bit of old carpet to keep the nastiest of the weather off.

What you can compost:

- All uncooked vegetable and fruit peelings

- Teabags, tea leaves and coffee grounds

- Egg shells

- Dead flowers from the house

- And from the garden, soft pruning

- spent bedding plants, dead leaves, grass mowing

- spent compost from hanging baskets or containers

- Some dryer materials like shredded paper

- Rabbit and guinea pig bedding.

The one thing you have got to watch out about is to mix differing kinds of material; if you have too many grass clippings in a big mass, they'll turn limp and slimy, or if there is too much paper and prunings, it's going to be too dry. So keep a watch on it, especially if you are utilizing the wooden enclosure, and mix it with a fork occasionally.

What NOT to compost:

- All protein products and bones; bread, cooked food – these will attract vermin

- Dog or cat waste

- Woody material – which takes too long to compost

- Weeds – these can ‘infect ‘ your compost with their seeds

- Anything that's non-biodegradable.

And because you won't always feel just like taking a trip to the rubbish pile when it’s wet or cold or every 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 compost bin every 1 or 2 days?

Over a time period – 3 months to 1 year, depending on conditions – all this matter will have broken down into lovely dark brown crumbly 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 discourage weeds.

You may also convert fallen leaves into fantastic compost. Rake up any leaves from your lawn – you will have to try this numerous times over the autumn – and collect them from the borders. Put them all into a black waste sack, scatter with water, put 1 or 2 holes around 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.

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