Thanks Steve and Charlie and nice to hear from you Reg, hope all is well
with you.

Thanks for the warnings. Thanks also to Peter for the Skype chat ;-)

What has been suggested is that Council Compost contains 'unknowns' and one
of the unknowns which I was able to explain to Peter, is the thin strips of
clear plastic. Been there, done that, got the frustration. Don't put window
envelopes through the shredder then the contains onto the compost heap now.

Not a good idea was the overall verdict.

Mike

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"diamonds" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:20:09 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
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Nice to see you are still going, Reg.