On Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:20:09 PM UTC+1, 'Mike' wrote:
I was at a Trafalgar Night Dinner last night and an intriguing statement was

made which brought up a question.



One of the members had recently moved house and his new garden was 'a hell

of a mess' and he intended to take the easy way out. He was going to cut

down to ground level everything that was there, (there was nothing worth

saving the previous people were not gardeners) and smother the lot in three

or four inches of compost purchased from the council in big one tonne bags

as soon as possible.



'And in the spring I will just Hoe the lot on a regular basis until I have

time to sort it out properly. The compost will smother the weeds and any new

ones I can clobber'



As an avid compost maker myself, I can see that this would work and could be

used by people who are taking over neglected allotments.



Any comments? Would it work? I can't see why it wouldn't. That would be the

easy way, the hard work comes later with the normal gardening.



Mike

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.



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Mike you certainly post an awful lot of compost on here, maybe you could provide your friend with some of it?