EPISODE · Aug 25, 2022 · 50 MIN
Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast - Composting, Ellen Mary and lots more
from Mike The Gardener - Gardening Podcast · host Michael Palmer
Hello and welcome back to this week’s episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. In this weeks episode we are: Looking at how to make the best quality garden compost Chatting with Ellen Mary about her new book ‘How to Grow a Garden' Seeing what’s grabbing the horticultural headlines, and Answering some of your gardening questions Click here to see a Instagram trailers for this episode. Trailer 1 Trailer 2 And, as promised in the episode, here are some of the things that we can and can't compost: CAN COMPOST: Animal manure from herbivores / brown paper products (cardboard toilet rolls, cereal boxes, brown paper bags / paper towels, tissues / coffee grounds and filters / cotton, wool / Hoover waste / and dryer lint from natural fabrics / crushed eggshells / grass clippings, garden trimmings / hair, fur / hay, straw / houseplants / leaves / shredded newspaper / wood chips, sawdust, wood toothpicks, burnt matches / fruit and vegetable peels / old vegetables / stale bread / non-glossy junk mail or catalogues (shredded) / fir cones / cardboard egg cartons / tea leaves/used tea / annual weeds CAN'T COMPOST: Baked or cooked food / treated wood/sawdust / oils or greasy foods / pet waste / human waste / weeds that have gone to seed / plastic or coated cardboard / Sellotape / diseased plants & houseplants / pesticide-treated plants / coal ash / feminine hygiene products / nappies / synthetic fabric / leather goods / glossy paper / perennial weeds / tea bags - empty the contents only Please don't forget to follow/subscribe and if you're able, please leave a review with your preferred podcast provider. Many thanks. Mike
What this episode covers
Hello and welcome back to this week’s episode of the Mic the Gardener – Gardening Podcast. In this weeks episode we are: Looking at how to make the best quality garden compost Chatting with Ellen Mary about her new book ‘How to Grow a Garden' Seeing what’s grabbing the horticultural headlines, and Answering some of your gardening questions Click here to see a Instagram trailers for this episode. Trailer 1 Trailer 2 And, as promised in the episode, here are some of the things that we can and can't compost: CAN COMPOST: Animal manure from herbivores / brown paper products (cardboard toilet rolls, cereal boxes, brown paper bags / paper towels, tissues / coffee grounds and filters / cotton, wool / Hoover waste / and dryer lint from natural fabrics / crushed eggshells / grass clippings, garden trimmings / hair, fur / hay, straw / houseplants / leaves / shredded newspaper / wood chips, sawdust, wood toothpicks, burnt matches / fruit and vegetable peels / old vegetables / stale bread / non-glossy junk mail or catalogues (shredded) / fir cones / cardboard egg cartons / tea leaves/used tea / annual weeds CAN'T COMPOST: Baked or cooked food / treated wood/sawdust / oils or greasy foods / pet waste / human waste / weeds that have gone to seed / plastic or coated cardboard / Sellotape / diseased plants & houseplants / pesticide-treated plants / coal ash / feminine hygiene products / nappies / synthetic fabric / leather goods / glossy paper / perennial weeds / tea bags - empty the contents only Please don't forget to follow/subscribe and if you're able, please leave a review with your preferred podcast provider. Many thanks. Mike
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