Here’s the new composting area. Builders bags were a great idea, the are really large, strong and fold away when you’re not using them. We laid down some weed suppressing sheeting over the area since it is going to be really hard to weed or dig the area whilst the compost sits here, and the pallets hopefully help everything secure and off the ground.
The second pallet is ready for the second builders bag, which is almost full already! The idea should be to transfer one lot into the other once they have rotted down enough to fit into one bag. Then start the empty bag a-new with fresh composting material. We have a third bag (bought at three for two), but we may just get away with not needing it.
Because of the huge job we have to clear the plot, there is no way we are going to worry about what is annual and what is nasty in the weeds (mostly nasty!). Despite what people say time and time again, there is no way we are going to attempt to separate them and any case, I challenge the assumption that you need to be so careful and that you can kill them off and rot them down just fine, we’ll see whose right get at the end!
