Direct composting a great success

I have four compost heaps (well, one is leaf mould) and I have my brown bin stuffed to the top every collection day.
I can’t do direct composting because every square centimetre is full of plants. ?

We used to dig holes and add veg peelings, tea bags etc. It is a very good way of improving the soil. We seem to have run out of space to do this so have a compost heap. It's amazing how all the trimmings from the garden just turn into lovely crumbly earth.
Whenever we visit an NGS Garden DH suffers from compost heap envy. The last one had six. Monty Don has several which is fine when you have a garden the size of his.

Exactly. I’m surprised more people don’t do this.

Thank you for letting us know how it is working for you. With autumn almost upon us you can gather up fallen leaves to further improve the soil structure and if you live near the sea read up on seaweed maturing.
Do you have any local coffee shops? They are grateful if you offer to collect spent coffee grounds and tea leaves, bakers often have lots of egg shells, greengrocers discarded veg., and neighbours or even the local council are a source of soft hedge trimmings and cut grass. The trick is to keep everything finely shredded and not add any cooked food scraps which can attract rats.

Jeanie that is very interesting and I will show my husband your post. We have a patch of soil outside our gate that needs improving and planting up - to hide the view of our neighbour's wheelie bin! It is council owned but not looked after.