"JakeD" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have been given free use of part of a garden for growing my own
vegetables. The elderly owner of the garden has two dustbins full of
old compost sitting in one corner of the garden. The compost was
apparently made from a mixture of garden trimmings and kitchen waste.
Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

Is this still good for spreading on my prepared vegetable patch, or
should I dump it?

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

I would bury it under the bed rather than spread it but certainly not dump
it.


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Chris, West Cork, Ireland.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.