Recycle – Verb
So I was very surprised to find out the amount and variety of recycling that goes on at Ford Park.
As well as these areas there is also a wormery and a compost tumbler & what looks to my uneducated eye like a "pile of grass".
I did wonder about the "pile of grass" and Simon the gardener
explained that they had removed this "turf" from the bases of a number of trees in
order to put down mulch and to protect the trees from the commercial lawn
cutters getting too near and damaging the trees. They then leave this turf to break down and
eventually it will produce loam which is a soil based compost.
Very little goes to waste as you can imagine and you can see
in the garden how useful the compost is in helping to enrich the soil that the
plants are growing in.
- Convert (waste) into reusable material.
- Return (material) to a previous stage in a cyclic process.
So I was very surprised to find out the amount and variety of recycling that goes on at Ford Park.
Much of the garden waste and some cardboard and paper is
put to good use making compost, and they have three large areas for the main
compost.
The first area is the general garden waste with smaller amounts of cardboard & paper.
The second area is made up of older compost that is slowly rotting down and you can still see the bigger stems & twigs which take longer to rot down.
The third area is where the leaves are put to produce a Leaf Mould Compost.
The first area is the general garden waste with smaller amounts of cardboard & paper.
The second area is made up of older compost that is slowly rotting down and you can still see the bigger stems & twigs which take longer to rot down.
The third area is where the leaves are put to produce a Leaf Mould Compost.
Eventually it is hoped that a 3 tier rolling system will be
achieved so area 1 will be ready to use compost, area 2 will have compost
rotting down and area 3 will have any new garden waste added to it ready to
start rotting down.
As well as these areas there is also a wormery and a compost tumbler & what looks to my uneducated eye like a "pile of grass".
A compost tumbler is a kind of large drum that can be filled
with garden & kitchen waste. The barrel or drum as its name suggests can then
be tumbled or rotated in order to break up and mix the materials and also
aerate the compost.
A wormery – sometimes
known as a worm composter – is an organic method of breaking down suitable kitchen and garden waste. The worms
will breakdown the waste to produce compost and it will also produce a
nutritious and concentrated liquid fertiliser. As you can see in the photo if
the wormery is raised from the floor and a container is placed in a suitable
position to collect the liquid this can then be used as an additional feed.
Watch this space for Recycling Part Two to find out what
other materials are recycled.
We were very impressed by the recycling programme when we visited on June 6th. The use of twigs as stakes in the vegetable garden gave us the idea to use them in our own garden. Using the produce to supply the cafe is super and visitors can be confident that they are eating true home grown products. Well done to everyone involved at Ford Park!
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