{"id":21032,"date":"2020-08-24T20:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21032"},"modified":"2020-08-24T20:02:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:02:40","slug":"making-mulch-not-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/making-mulch-not-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Mulch not Compost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I can use all sorts of materials as a mulch but I like the organic versions. Here I have piled it high well before it is ready as a mulch much less a compost<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8676\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/autumn-026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/autumn-026.jpg 336w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/autumn-026-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To help me with another problem, that of too much compost, I am going to try combining the two issues to solve both problems and use partially rotted compost as mulch. I have 3 large compost bins and a wheely bin for large wooden items but due to 2020 output this capacity has been far too little. Thankfully I can now book a slot at the council waste refuse site to take my tree stumps and larger items.<\/p>\n<h3>Mulch v Compost Issues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I need to be wary of seed infestations as the mulch has not had time to generate enough heat to kill off annual weeds.<\/li>\n<li>I also hope to benefit from disturbing rats because they seem to have taken a liking to my compost that often generally kitchen waste.<\/li>\n<li>It my be just my feelings but I like organic much to be damp and able to hold moisture. This means mulchable compost is good for the soil &amp; (soul).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I can use all sorts of materials as a mulch but I like the organic versions. Here I have piled it high well before it is ready as a mulch much less a compost To help me with another problem, that of too much compost, I am going to try combining the two issues to solve both problems and use partially rotted compost as mulch. I have 3 large compost bins and a wheely bin for large wooden&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/making-mulch-not-compost\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21032"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21036,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions\/21036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}