Continue to mulch with mown grass over cardboard sheets around the weeded out areas of the lower meadow copse.

It has been working closely with WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) Cymru, looking at whether it can make a compost suitable for organic farmers. Residents praised the centre’s Merlin’s Magic Compost facility and the fact that the centre is regularly beating its recycling targets, but expressed concern at potential round trips of 40 miles for residents if the centre closes. Very well packaged in a waterproof plastic bag inside a cardboard box, could ship anywhere in the world. Now I’m not so sure, and tend to think that once a slug population has been reduced in a a garden, then regular low key use, when signs of damage are first noticed, is the best means of control. On their next transplant I'll be mixing in Epsoma plant and flower tone to help feed them in flower.

They don’t seem to grow much, but it has also been very cold and windy weather here in The Netherlands, so that might be the cause. SH), and predrill holes for the coach srews in the side and end panels, hoping I’ve got them in the right places! Later I paint exposed east facing timbers with primer, and Fiona makes some temporary black plastic covers for the ends, with rain forecast overnight. Then refill this compost “reactor” with the last big bag of covered chopped leaves, gathered in autumn, and soak with pee from a watering can.

We recommend that a Skip/ Rolonoff is hired for a maximum of 14 days, however, we understand that circumstances sometimes make this impossible.With the first Scilla mischtschenkoana flowers, and Iris reticulata flowers emerging in the garden (and these are slug delicacies), the second very light targeted use of organic Ferric Phosphate Sluxx slug pellets is laid out.

Merlin’s Magic Compost is produced in a self-contained facility at Nantycaws and, as a result, does not encounter household waste or anything else for that matter. Since 2022, we’ve planted 11 acres of wildflowers and sunflowers and installed 12 beehives near one of our freshwater lagoons in Nantycaws. I’ve just made a couple of these little beds in my front yard (I live in Oregon, in a neighborhood with lots of veg growling in front yards).It still being damp and grey, I begin the first session of hand weeding through the lower meadow copse. All in all, it took me 12 hours to have it complete and I've only changed lighting and added a 2nd veg space since then. In 2009 a change to regulations dictating how we dispose of plasterboard was implemented, this means the disposal of gypsum which is the main raw material of plasterboard could no longer be mixed with other waste materials. Currently is no sign on the weather forecasts of daytime temperatures into double figures for the next month or so.

We shred up and mix the green and kitchen waste, put it into 300 tonne vessels like concrete tubes with doors at either end, and allow the air to pass through them. There will be signs at the sorting stations explaining what you need to do, but if you are unsure, staff will be on hand to advise. When setting up the contract CWM requests a Direct Debit mandate is completed as this is the preferred payment method. Remember if you have already used all 12 of your permit tickets you will not be able to renew until 12 months from the original date of issue. Fiona and I manage to very slowly pull up the chassis and timber floor base using the chassis draw bar late on Monday evening when the grass was dry and leave in across the slope, ready for pulling onto the sleepers with extra hands tomorrow.Fiona and I have a few sessions clearing out ditches in the bottom fields – always a really mucky job, but great for a full body workout after the enforced restrictions of this last grey wet winter. One such business is Cwm Environmental, an arms length limited company solely owned by Carmarthenshire County Council. Lots of bluebells now germinated and flowering in this area – well worth scattering the seed all those years ago, even if it takes years for flowers to appear!