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This is the best forum and site for information on the internet.
A bit like the others I check it daily during the cooler months and maybe weekly during the growing season when busy even though I don’t log in.
It’s been invaluable to me for answers I need answered.
Charles you are an inspiration. Keep up the great work.
I came across another type of compostable bag
https://www.polybags.co.uk/shop/compostable-bags_c1854.htmCleansweep That link is making things way too complicated.
It might be worth getting a sample of or going to see any green waste compost before you buy a big load.
From personal experience I bought a lorry load of certified organic compost and its full of shredded pieces of every kind of garbage you could imagine. Which shows up more after rain has washed off the compost from the bits.
The reply I got from the company was that it was under the standard they have to meet.
Luckily I was going spreading it by hand so I noticed it straight away.
It took me a long time to figure out the bags too. Some of the eco bags are not what they are made out to be. Biodegradable supposedly have a chemical added to break them down.
Compostable are the ones to look for.
I fit 130g of a mixed salad into the ones above but I am still on the look out for a larger compostable type.
On the label’s I have found so far that no label’s is working fine because my customers that I sell direct to are just happy to know where it comes from and that its gown organically.
Same with the customers which buy through a small local shop.
But id imagine a larger supermarket would want label’s
From my own point of view sustainability is very important to me and me getting label’s printed seems wrong for my way of running a small business.
I try make sure my customers know that.
I use these with compostable stickers just to seal the bag a bit.
I rinse and spin all leaves to get the grit off but I still sell them as unwashed so the buyer will give them a wash before using.
I think for me to sell as washed they have to go through a chlorine solution a number of times.
I presume other smaller growers just give a rinse to have them presentable but sell as unwashed too like Charles?
You would swear they had shovels. Have they not heard of no dig yet.
Its the same here in my garden but I have found other years the blackbirds only do it for a few weeks while feeding young.
I have most of my beds covered with crop cover. It can be reused for years. But they are getting at the ones that have no cover like potatoes and garlic. I just rake them back up every day.
I had Deer coming into my new garden last winter. They were jumping the wire (sheep wire).
I got scrap boards from old pallets cut them to 3 inch wide lengths and screwed them into the stakes and I got electric fence tape and them plastic holders roughly a foot and a half higher than the sheep wire. The fence is not on its just high enough to stop them jumping. No problem since.
Crop cover for the Rabbits with hoops otherwise they will walk on the crop cover.
And the reason I am here now is Badgers with about 2 months done a fair bit of damage last night. Thought I was rid of them between a scare crow, biscuit tins banging off stones and old cds at their height from ground and urine along the sheep wire.
All out of ideas now.
Charles does the cover keep the badgers off the beds. I have no cover on this garden yet this year because I have not transplanted yet with the cold.
I have got some Bedfordshire Champion seed this year. Has anyone tried them? How well do they store.
I grew Sturon from sets last year and lots of them bolted.So I am going to try all from seeds this year.Some of the Sturon were a massive size.