I often see vegetative material (recently rhubarb leaves and purple sprouting broccoli plants, masses of apples & forked carrots!) dumped on our waste collection point. I wonder why my fellow plot holders aren’t making use of this valuable composting material, most of us have built compost heaps/ bins on our plots.
The other thing that bugs me is that often when taking a new weedy plot, they ‘scrape off’ the top two/ three inches of soil (with weeds/ couch grass) and deposit it on the dump. When I first got my plot (a weed covered bramble patch the size of a tennis court!) I strimmed it, covered areas with cardboard, weed suppressant fabric &anything else we could get our hands on. Then we dug it over. I wouldn’t have dreamed of removing the top level of soil, but I see others do it. I think the old guard on my site must advise newbies to do this. While they are removing soil & humus, I am adding to it!
John, I would have thought that by turning compost heaps from time to time, the runner beans wouldn’t cause a problem in the compost? The heat should deal with it.