Organo County Compost

Organo County Compost is produced from composted garden waste collected from the gardens of Leicestershire. It's a great supplement to home composting.

Garden waste such as hedge clippings, tree loppings and grass cuttings are delivered to the Recycling and Household Waste Sites and placed in special containers, before being taken to specialist facilities for composting.

Organo County Compost can be purchased at any of the Recycling and Household Waste Sites at just £2.50 for 40 litres.

Using County Compost Cartoon of a gardening family

To improve the general condition of soil, simply apply a depth of ½ cm over the soil and dig in. For sand and clay soils, apply a layer of 2-4 cm depth and leave for two weeks before digging in.
For growing fruit and vegetables, a 1cm layer along the planting trench is ideal.
For planting out, simply add a couple of handfuls of the compost with a similar amount of soil before transplanting.
For lawns and grasses, apply a ½ cm layer over the surface before laying turf, or rake into surface at a rate of 10 litres per m2 before seeding. For top dressing apply a ½ cm layer in the spring or autumn.
The compost has been awarded the Soil Association Organic Standard and the HDRA Organic Standard.

Cartoon of the windrow composting system How we produce Organo County Compost

The composting process is entirely natural and works just like it does in home compost heaps, but on a much larger scale.

When green waste is delivered from the Recycling and Household Waste Sites, it is checked, and contaminants are removed. Machines are used to shred the green waste and it is placed into large heaps called windrows. The windrows are turned each week to make sure that oxygen reaches the friendly microbes that break down the green waste.

After about 16 weeks the compost is ready. The compost is screened to remove any bits of material that are too big and the finished product is sold to a variety of customers.