What to do with old compost heap - an unknown quantity???

buxtonrabbitgreen

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

A sieve might be the answer. A fairly quick way to sort out any obvious bits of plastic or rubbish that is no good and the resulting fine compost will then look and act much more like the bagged stuff from the shops.
Mind you my Dad was obsessed with sieving when I was little, use to help him so love sieving lol. He used to do all the top of the veggie patch and the beds as each go dug over lol. He sieved out so many bits of stones and bricks ove the years that he eventually used these to build a path up the garden (stones down cement over the top lol). Now thats what I call recycling.

Don't you love it when something reminds you of a happy childhood memory. I recently rediscovered gardening and growing your own and all those happy times ome flooding back

ali x

My dad did exactly the same. I had forgotton till you mentioned it, but I too spent many happy hours sieving. Also he used to be always making concrete for smething or other and I remember making a concrete aeroplane.

mrs_moneyspinner

I would sort any obvious rubbish out and put the suspect compost in one corner of your garden in big heap to grow marrows and pumpkins on next year. I would put the wood chip you found on the top so it looks neat and doesn't get loads of weeds. As it is in a small area you won't be taking too much risk and if it is good stuff you will get massive marrows next year!

Wizwoo

Wish that we had thought of plant marrows in it before we started doing what we're doing but now it really needs to go.
IIf it is acidic is there anything I can do about that to level it up?
Finding all sorts of rubbise (looks like ash plus loads of reminants from a fire have been chucked on in the middle).

Thanks, Woo