compost

[redroberta]

my compost is now ready to go on the garden.is there a specific time of year when this should be done, also is there anything i need to do to the compost befoe putting it on the garden is has been well rotted for aobut twelve months?

thanks

[Thunderbird+]

Not wishing to burst your buble, but I would'nt use compost thats less than three years old, I tried this once and accidentally introduced pests to my vegetable plot that had been doing a good job of breaking down the compost and continued to munch on my crops too.
When I'm saticfied its thoroughly rotted, I either fork it into the surfice, use it around individual plants when planting or add it to a trench when planting beans ect.
I think the autumn is a good time to spead it over the surfice and dig it in, in readyness for next years crops.
Good Luck Tbird+

[Catso]

Thunderbird's point is valid, but if your compost is produced solely from mixed veg waste, I would say a year is sufficient ageing.

I second the time though, autumn or winter, so you're not overrrun by pests feasting on the compost.