A lot of what the volunteers from the Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries get up to is to clear those areas which they can – and to then use some of those materials to add to the growing compost heap.
And a good compost heap is not only essential as a source of mulch and nutrients for gardening – one more activity the volunteers get up to of a Thursday morning. It also makes an excellent home for both slow worms and beetles at the Cemetery.
Here’s a shot of stuff being gathered in the spring, in readiness to cart off by wheelbarrow to the compost heap:
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Here’s the compost heap covered in bindweed in another section of the Cemetery:
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And here is the same heap cleared of bindweed – ready for more material and more composting:
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That makes up the art of composting at Sidmouth Cemetery!
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