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Old 21-09-2006, 09:52 PM
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hello my plot is gettin a little grassy and im in the process of clearing it
can i compost the sods in a compost bin as i have two daleks spare at the moment or can i just turn the grass over leave it till aprill and rotovate it
or has any one got any other ideas must not invole any money as im skint
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Old 21-09-2006, 09:57 PM
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Hi Dinky - we're going to chop our turfs up and stick them in the dalek. I've also read somewhere that you can put them grass side down in the bottom of a dug out bed.
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Old 21-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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Upside down turves stacked up like bricks and left to compost make a good fibrous base for a John Innes type potting compost!
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Old 21-09-2006, 10:21 PM
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Upside down turves stacked up like bricks and left to compost make a good fibrous base for a John Innes type potting compost!
better still if you mix it 2 layers of turf to a layer of Muck & leave for 12 months
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Hello Dinky Doo, I usually just stack them green side down. They rot into lovely friable compst.
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Old 22-09-2006, 04:02 AM
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I've often just cheated and turned the sods upside down and left them where they are.... eventually the grass gives up the ghost and dies off....
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Old 23-09-2006, 10:00 AM
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good but can i just turn it over andleave it in situ ready for rotavating in march
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Old 23-09-2006, 10:34 AM
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I tried just digging grass over but it grew through again, leading to LOTS of weeding. (So guess where I'll be for 3 hours this afternoon!?)
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Old 23-09-2006, 09:08 PM
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thanks for the advice on that one but ive just done some heavy duty spraying and (hopefully)gonna get it ploughed next week
any way came home from the plot to find my 16 month lad has just cleaned his teeth ..... with soap bless him
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Ye Gods! with soap? poor lad! he won't do that again! not less, hes a naughty boy! takes me back to my childhood! dexterdog
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I've often been told to wash my mouth out! Cannot for the life of me figure out why though?

Hope he's ok!
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Cant imagine why snadger! wot with your command of the english language! dexterdog
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the littlefellows ok now
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