[GlynGParticipant]

Thanks for the replies all!

I’ll go for manure to grow into for the spring/summer and then make lots of compost for later.

I’ve looked on gumtree and found a farm 16 miles away advertising free well rotted horse manure. We’re in an inner city (Bristol) so there’s not much locally. A couple of others of the several sharing the plot have cars so we might drive over, though I’m not sure what’s best to transport manure in safely in without leaking. Blue Ikea bags maybe with a tarp underneath in the car?

Stringfellow – I’ve downloaded a copy of the Rodale Book of Composting and converted it to an audio book and will listen to at work over the coming weeks.

I’ll line a couple more bins with wood then, leaving one side removable. I’ll transfer over and better mix what I’ve got in the first bin and then do the same to that. Chopped up might be better but I’m not keen on spending an extra 10-15 minutes every day on the plot in the dark chopping up a 40l bucket full of other people’s food waste… I think I’ll add it as is and squish it down but live with it taking longer to compost. The café add paper towels and cardboard themselves so there’s some brown and if cardboard is better than leaves or wood I’ll keep bicycling over to Halfords for more bike trailers loads of bike boxes.

Can the weed in the photo be safely composted as well as the couch grass and bindweed? It has large nut like seeds underground that I’m concerned might survive. The abandoned neighbouring plots are completely covered with this stuff and it quickly spreads.

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[GlynGParticipant]

Excellent, thanks Charles! We’ll plant that in the area.

Yeah I’m a bit concerned about the amounts of slugs but just have to make the best of it. Twice already I’ve laid down what I thought were loads of organic slug pellets around the beds only to come back the next day and find them all gone. I think we just have a high density of slugs:

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