I have 'volunteered' to sort out my daughter and son in laws compost /
bonfire area as shown in http://www.myalbum.com/Album-AIKAJZXZ.

The bonfire is the residue of lots of building work and you can see the
centre of a cable drum so there is no telling what else there is in there.

The gardens are just about finished landscaping, about 2 acres, so proper
'gardening' can now start.

Question. If I sort out all the obvious nasties, cable remains, nails, tins
etc, can the ash which remains go into the compost when I sort that out on
the left and put it into layers?

Mike


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"'Mike'" writes:

Question. If I sort out all the obvious nasties, cable remains, nails, tins
etc, can the ash which remains go into the compost when I sort that out on
the left and put it into layers?

Not unless you're going to go through it with a microscope and very
fine tweezers. You'll have all sorts of trace residues left, dump the
lot.

Anthony

"'Mike'"wrote
I have 'volunteered' to sort out my daughter and son in laws compost /
bonfire area as shown in http://www.myalbum.com/Album-AIKAJZXZ.

The bonfire is the residue of lots of building work and you can see the
centre of a cable drum so there is no telling what else there is in there.

The gardens are just about finished landscaping, about 2 acres, so proper
'gardening' can now start.

Question. If I sort out all the obvious nasties, cable remains, nails,
tins etc, can the ash which remains go into the compost when I sort that
out on the left and put it into layers?


You cannot be sure the only thing burnt is plain wood, in fact that is very
unlikely, so I would collect it all up with the remaining rubbish and dump
the lot.

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Regards
Bob Hobden

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"'Mike'"wrote
I have 'volunteered' to sort out my daughter and son in laws compost /
bonfire area as shown in http://www.myalbum.com/Album-AIKAJZXZ.

The bonfire is the residue of lots of building work and you can see the
centre of a cable drum so there is no telling what else there is in
there.

The gardens are just about finished landscaping, about 2 acres, so proper
'gardening' can now start.

Question. If I sort out all the obvious nasties, cable remains, nails,
tins etc, can the ash which remains go into the compost when I sort that
out on the left and put it into layers?


You cannot be sure the only thing burnt is plain wood, in fact that is
very unlikely, so I would collect it all up with the remaining rubbish and
dump the lot.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden




Thanks Bob and Anthony.

I will have words with the builders and see just what there is in the
bonfire.

Unable to talk to Daughter and Son in Law as they are in New York at the
moment. Went out on QM2, spending a few days shopping then coming back on
QM2 and should be back next week. I have a gut feeling that a lot of the
pile is garden waste from the hotel flowers. We will wait and see, but have
taken on board your comments re nasties in there

Many thanks

Mike

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"'Mike'"wrote
I have 'volunteered' to sort out my daughter and son in laws compost /
bonfire area as shown in http://www.myalbum.com/Album-AIKAJZXZ.

The bonfire is the residue of lots of building work and you can see the
centre of a cable drum so there is no telling what else there is in
there.

The gardens are just about finished landscaping, about 2 acres, so
proper 'gardening' can now start.

Question. If I sort out all the obvious nasties, cable remains, nails,
tins etc, can the ash which remains go into the compost when I sort that
out on the left and put it into layers?


You cannot be sure the only thing burnt is plain wood, in fact that is
very unlikely, so I would collect it all up with the remaining rubbish
and dump the lot.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden




Thanks Bob and Anthony.

I will have words with the builders and see just what there is in the
bonfire.

Unable to talk to Daughter and Son in Law as they are in New York at the
moment. Went out on QM2, spending a few days shopping then coming back on
QM2 and should be back next week. I have a gut feeling that a lot of the
pile is garden waste from the hotel flowers. We will wait and see, but
have taken on board your comments re nasties in there

Many thanks

Mike


Daughter has returned from New York and has already arranged to have the
bonfire rubbish shipped out tomorrow because of the nasties in there. "JCB's
at noon" ;-))

Thanks again

Mike