One compost heap has had its first turn at last. It’s quite well broken down already.
The compost in the yellow and blue grab bags has been turned three times since I stopped adding material to it.
It was turned before Christmas, at the end of January and now. #Compost #Mulch #Gardening #Allotment
Sawdust is an excellent mulch! Apply a 2.5 cm (1 in) layer on moist soil to reduce evaporation, retain moisture, and suppress annual weeds. It also prevents weed seeds from germinating. Just ensure it’s well-aged or add nitrogen to prevent nutrient deficiency in the short term. #GardeningTips #Mulch
Sawdust is an excellent mulch! Apply a 2.5 cm (1 in) layer on moist soil to reduce evaporation, retain moisture, and suppress annual weeds. It also prevents weed seeds from germinating. Just ensure it’s well-aged or add nitrogen to prevent nutrient deficiency in the short term. #GardeningTips #Mulch
Plot progress. The front half is almost ready for sowing and planting up from next month onwards.
A Jostaberry now occupies the space the mass of wild brambles used to.
#NoDig #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Mulch #Allotment
Mulching down. It’s dirty work. I’d love to hire someone, but I’ve only had one person do it right, and Mario is 960 miles away 
Jacob is moving piles along the slope and I’m doing.
How to do it wrong? Blanket mulching that touches the trunk or covers exposed root base. The mulch holds moisture (this is good), but causes the plant to rot where it touches.
Thick #mulch can become a water barrier, starving the plant. And while it’s a great weed retardant, it also blocks emerging wildflower seeds and bulbs.
Worst mulch EVER is this bizarre “volcano” trend where people build up a 3’ cinder cone around tree trunks. Sometimes with ROCKS 
Quality material is important. The goal is to provide something that slowly breaks down and feeds the soil. I’d prefer not buying mulch due to potential microplastic and weed contamination, but it’s more important to stop the field grass from choking out saplings.
Things that should never touch your soil: landscape fabric (plastic), painted or treated wood chips, and used tires. Bonus points for painted uses tires 
Thick plastic sheeting breaks down, too. And the plot owners at my community garden rarely bother to pick up the hundreds of little pieces that are left ... because they cover it all up with a fresh layer of plastic. #garden #gardening #plastic #mulch #weeds #vegetables
If anyone is considering polypropylene landscaping fabric for their vegetable garden, here's a visual of what happens. After just one season it begins to disintegrate, and shreds will be blown onto neighboring plots where they'll continue to break down into ever smaller pieces of plastic. #garden #gardening #weeds #weeding #plastic #mulch #microplastics #CommunityGarden #VegetableGardening
@jillchristley Some I’ve made and I was gifted some leftover bark fines. I’ve bought a little manure compost but mostly the beds are mulched with leaf litter, wood chip and partly composted leaf mould I’ve collected from local footpaths.
I’m also removing the soil from the centre path to put on the beds and replacing the pathway soil with wood chip.
This is the first year on this plot so needs more inputs but I am confident I will make all the compost I need going forwards. #Compost #Mulch
Welcome to Little Big Compost, a compressed peat-free growing medium - no more heaving heavy sacks back from the garden centre! Available in many formulations.
#gardening #peatfree #compost #coir #houseplants #cacti #citrus #mulch
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2025/03/06/little-big-compost-no-more-heaving-around-heavy-bags/
Allgemeine Tipps:
- Organische Abfälle, die gut sind für Tomaten & Salat: Kaffe, Tee, Eierschalen, Banannen, Apfel, Blätter. Keine Zwiebel- oder Kartoffelschalen! Beim Umtopfen/Raussetzen Abfälle in die Erde mischen. Im Sommer in die obere Erdschicht einarbeiten
- Geschnittene Äste (1-2cm) für eine Drainageschicht unten in den Topf bevor Erde & Abfallgemisch kommt
- Blätter und Äste sind super als #Mulch, um Unkraut zu vermeiden, nach jedem nachsäen. Erde immer schön bedeckt halten
- Bei Pflücksalat und Feldsalat die äußeren Blätter ernten und das Herz der Pflanze stehen lassen, dann wächst der Salat nach
A little more progress on the plot. The hedge clearings have been moved and added to a hűgel bed nearer the shed.
Another no dig bed is in the process of being made in its place, just in front of the wild brambles. #NoDig #Mulch #GrowYourOwn #Allotment #Gardening
Saw it in the wild today, so here's your annual reminder that volcano mulching is baddddd.... lay it out like a leaf layer in the woods.
Mounding increases the chances of root binding and rot forming from moisture on areas that aren't usually kept wet.
A wood chip pile is gradually being moved. This is being used on pathways and garden beds and on the allotments. #Mulch #Compost #NoDig #Gardening
Apparently woodchips work better than gravel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-zc113e8L8
This guy speaks of a "Mud Season", which means he must be living in similar climate 
These now to then photos are about three months apart.
November to February in our temperate UK winter climate.
The overgrowth is now being turned into compost.
Hmm, I wonder how many hundred (thousand?) gallons of absorbent capacity the thick layer of oak mulch in my backyard from this year has. 
(Quite happy to have gotten that full load of shredded oak this year again! Hoping the extra retained moisture keeps the plants happy!) #gardening #rain #mulch
#Composting #collage.
Compost textures in various stages of #decomposition.
STIL NOTDED 
