Broadback wrote in news:k5c2k6$gf1$1@dont-
email.me:

I use quite a lot as I have many plant pots and grow from seed. I pay
about £12 for three large bags, all the garden centres in the area seem
to be much the same price. However lately I have found there are a lot
of bits of wood in the compost, which is a nuisance when potting on. I
know that I could sieve it but I am wondering if there are better
composts out there at about the same price. Would the team please advice?

I think it was here that I read about many of the retailers buy their
compost from government councils. The local council collect garden refuse
and recycle it with lots of heat treatment. The end result is that you can
find foreign bodies in this load of rubbish they call compost, sometimes
shards of glass! That might be what you have bought.
Just an idea.

Baz