"Jangchub" wrote

And one very last bit; never buy compost in bags. Rarely, if ever is
it compost.


That's just not true. If one buys "composted cow manure" it is indeed
composted cow manure. Buying composted cow manure in small bags is not very
economical but very often that's all some may need. There is no reason to
cheat on composted cow manure, it's not like there is any shortage of cow
shit... no shortage of bull shit either, Victoria..

Anyway, commercially composted material is not a very wise choice regardless
from whom it is purchased... and composted cow manure, or any composted
llivestock manure is not a very good choice because livestock, especially
cows do not eat a very varied diet.

And the typical bulk topsoil/compost merchant cheats, cheats big time, they
fill their product with bank run (essentially clay and sand) and wet it down
just prior to delivery so it looks nice. Composted wood chips is about the
very worst choice. The *only* way to get quality composted material is to
compost ones own... typical kitchen scraps, being of widely varied
materials, make a far better composted material than anything one can buy.