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I have my compost bin out in the back but i only really filled it up
just as it froze last fall. So i'm not expecting to have a whole lot
ready for this year. Even if everything in there composted instantly
it still wouldn't be much.

I have a new garden plot (grown one season of veggies so far) that is
pretty much clay with the small amount of topsoil i dumped on it last
year. All the advice i've got is to dig a lot of compost into this
plot. So where does a city bound veggie gardener get compost?

Will the nurseries (where i buy tomato plants) sell bags of it?
I know supermarkets have bags of peat moss and potting soil, do they
also have compost?
I'm going to check if my city might be giving out compost to residents
at some point this season.
I've never actually met a farmer in person so i can't imagine choosing
a random farm, driving up, knocking on the door and asking if they
sell compost.

So what do i do?


Your garden centre or nursery will have all manner of composts and soil
additives, and depending on your local circumstances, your nearest waste
disposal site may well be involved with composting and sell you back the
weeds etc you dumped there last year:-))

As regards your nearest farm, they will be glad to see you disappearing over
the horizon with as much manure as you can carry, although that might be
best left for autumn so it can rot down somewhat before being applied.
Riding stables likewise. If the city you are in is London, the household
cavalry may help out :-)) Ask, they can only say no.

Incidentally, you don't knock on the door at farms, you pull into the yard
and stop, then wait until the supply of dogs dies down. Then assess the risk
according to the numbers and types before getting out.

HTH

Steve