"harry" wrote in message
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On May 30, 8:48 am, "'Mike'" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message

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On May 28, 7:07 am, mrcpea wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a good quality Multi Purpose Compost other than
J. Arthur Bowers. We've found this to be rather inferior & not as good
as it used to be.

Kind regards

mrcpea

This compost business is all crap, Get down to your local recycle
centre and see if they sell it there. Our's sells it for £2/ big bag.

It's rough stuff full of little bits of wood etc. However, I riddle
it and add sand as neccessary. Works out at a fraction of the cost.
I get a ton bag of sand from the builders merchant, lasts for years.

If you want to get really
technical:http://gardener.wikia.com/wiki/John_Innes_compost
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That's interesting. How big is your Big Bag for £2.00? Our local council
do
a 1 ton builder's bag for £35.00 delivered

Mike
(I think it may have gone up recently not sure)

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About twice the size of acoal sack, (remember those?)
Sounds a good deal to me. I can have a truckload delivered loose.
Dunno what the charge would be.
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Wow that turns the clock back ;-) ........ (and I remember bread and milk
being delivered by horse and cart too!!)

Coal sack or Coke sack ??????

Coke was lighter than coal so was a bigger sack for the Cwt.

£2.00 for a Coke sack is good value I would say, though we make our own ;-))

Mike


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