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rosesarered Mon 10-Mar-14 09:44:46

The colour bins system is different depending on what county you live in.Here, you pay for the brown 'garden waste' bin, but don't put soil in it [why would you anyway?]Looks like you need a word with your gardener Flower as he should be breaking up the clods and putting them somewhere in your garden.

glammanana Mon 10-Mar-14 09:36:49

Grass cutting /dead leaves/flowers cuttings only allowed in our brown bin any soil is used to bank up around the tree's in the front path I would have thought gardener man would have known this maybe he was hoping it would be collected before you arrived back home.

annodomini Mon 10-Mar-14 09:26:52

We have a green bin for garden waste and are advised that soil on the roots of plants deposited there is OK as long as there are no stones.

NfkDumpling Mon 10-Mar-14 08:23:20

I don't think the green waste people would be too chuffed either. He is supposed to remove as much soul as possible.

penguinpaperback Mon 10-Mar-14 08:12:17

Oh dear, but yes I was confused too. smile Where I live brown bins are for dead leaves, plants, grass cuttings, but probably not heavy soil.

janeainsworth Mon 10-Mar-14 01:21:04

I was a bit confused too Granny23 grin
Flower what is the gardener supposed to do with the clods of earth?
And I'm not clear what your brown bin is for - is it normal rubbish, recycling or garden waste?

Granny23 Mon 10-Mar-14 00:03:17

I'm presuming that the 'with' in line 3 should be a 'when' and that you are not in fact having very 'dirty weekends' away with Mr Gardener. grin

Flowerofthewest Sun 09-Mar-14 23:31:53

...to expect my gardener NOT to put clods of earth in my 'Brown Bin'. I thought he would know it is not the place for soil. The bin is so heavy DH couldn't move it and complained to me!!! I was away in Lyme Regis for a break with dear Mr Gardener decided to drop his load in my brown bin. I now have to pull all of the soil and clods of earth out and find somewhere for the stuff while Mr G suns himself in Tenerife Grrrrrr.