If the compostable packs are placed in compost pile in a sunny position in the garden, they may break down in about two weeks, as fast as a banana skin.

Eggshells are a calcium source that we add to our compost pile.

When the bag fills, it can be emptied onto a compost pile or bagged for disposal.

This material then decomposes and becomes part of the compost pile lining the pit that continues to act as a moisture sponge.

Larvae can survive cold winters particularly with large numbers of grubs, insulation, or compost heat (generated by the microorganisms in the grub bin or compost pile).

Both kinds are hungry plants and deserve a bucketful of rich compost each.

Slap on a rich compost and fertiliser around the stems.

Repot them in rich compost and add extra bonemeal.

Give them a mulch of rich compost, especially on drier soils.

She prefers the shade, and can turn 330 litres into rich compost in 4-6 months.

Fill a tray divided into modules with some seed compost or sieved multipurpose compost and sow a tiny amount of seed into each cell.

Do not be too sparing with your seed compost - using a little more means it will not dry out, making watering easier.

When sowing cucumbers, use a 9cm pot, half-filled with seed compost and sow just one seed per pot.

Cauliflower and calabrese (broccoli) are best sown in seed compost and the seedlings transplanted into 3.5in (9cm) pots of potting compost, all under glass.

To grow this plant, fill 3in pots with moist seed compost and sow a single seed inside each one.

Bag up that well-rotted compost and take it with you - it will give your new beds and pots a fabulous start.

Add well-rotted compost if planting on dry soil.

Well-rotted compost helps the whole garden by improving the soil condition, boosting plant growth and improving water retention.

Similarly, the compost bin was emptied and well-rotted compost heaped on the veg plot ready to dig it in.

Once well up, plant in soil with plenty of well-rotted compost mixed in or one or two plants per growbag.