2006-11-01 22:34:18 · 10 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
some farms will give you natural compost for free
2006-11-01 22:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by dec g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to buy cheap compost for plants that you have bought or grown. Generally if it's cheap compost then it's inferior. Do yourself a favour and buy a good quality compost. Pick one of the brand leaders and compare these prices from store to store. Remember you only get what you pay for. A good tip is to look at the packaging, if it's faded then it's probably old stock.
2006-11-02 15:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by mario 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to be a 'party pooper', but why do you want to buy CHEAP compost. Don't you care much for your plants. Cheap compost is mostly rubbish and not worth spending your hard-earned on. I buy Viking Horticultural compost from the makers in Hull. My sister and I buy about twenty 80 litre bags a year at about £3.75 per bag. For that size of order they deliver for free to her house near Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire.
Can't even beat that kind of value (as opposed to cheap!) even at B & Q!
2006-11-02 23:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by wendy k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free compost readily available - mix earth from mole hills with the compost you produce from your own vegetable and fruit waste
for how to do it see
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/gh_comp.php
Cheap compost in plastic bags from supermarkets and diy centres is very often a waste of money . When I used to use it I was often upset to find my seeds didn't germinate and/or seedlings didn't grow strongly / plants were sickly.
Be warned that if you use your own compost "neat" it may be too strong. You should make sure you mix it with some fine earth.
Also remember to avoid peat for environmental reasons (Peat use is considered to be unsustainable because of the length of time it takes for peat bogs to form and the loss of rare habitats when they are drained for extraction. Peat use can be reduced by growing in substrates with a proportion of non-peat material, such as bark, wood fibre or coconut fibre dust.)
2006-11-04 04:50:31 · answer #4 · answered by marblemelody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i dont know what kind of waste water treatment facilities that they have in UK, but I do know that here in my homestate New Mexico,USA the wastewater treatment plant just separates all the solid waste(poop), aside and lets it naturally heat up from the sun to 120 farenheit so that it kills all the harmful bacteria. Then they just put it in a pile outside the fence, and people just come and get it for free. I know that it sounds super disgusting...well really it is, but i know that it is a super compost, the University here uses it and only it, for the grassy areas and for the local landscaping plants.
2006-11-03 15:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by oliveirasgirl2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a local garden association near by the tend to be the cheapest ! If not you will just have to compare prices at your local garden centre s, DIY stores.
2006-11-02 06:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by Helen L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make your own - vegetable and fruit peelings will rot down over time and make lovely compost
2006-11-03 06:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tyr different garden centres for prices
2006-11-02 06:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by NOT TELLING YOU LOL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go round your local horse yards/ livery stables..... they give it away.
2006-11-02 07:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i surgessed ASDA or TESCO there a lot cheaper than say BQ or DO IT ALL.
2006-11-02 06:41:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋