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Another lorry load of forest bark!
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Compost heaps full by end of autumn
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Compost heap 76 degrees C (168 degrees F) in late autumn!
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Rich dark compost from last autumn's leaves and other garden waste
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A larva of Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) found in our compost heap
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The garden engine house is still warm at the start of winter (Compost temperature 36.5C/97F)
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Cooler composting in winter especially relies on our naturally occurring compost worms!
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An afternoon's work - full bags of compost
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An afternoons work digging out this compost enclosure made from old wooden pallets
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Towards the end of the day we were filmed putting up these Christmas house decorations (Day 6 December 7th)
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We were moving a heap of forest bark like this on the final day of BBC filming (December 7th)
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A lorry load of forest bark similar to this arrived on the final day of BBC filming (December 7th)
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Forest bark. December 9
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Our garden extension - spreading the bark begins. December 13
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Nearly two months into the project. October 19
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Our garden extension project. October 14
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Forest bark - in large quantities
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A busy weekend......moving this load of forest bark!
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Relandscaping lower garden March 1995 - we used forest bark as a mulch and for our paths.
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Autumn carpet of Lime tree leaves...about to be moved to the compost heap