I've got the chance for quite a lot of this, can I use it for potting or sowing compost, do I add anything or is it fertile enough, tried a search but all I came up with was mixing in sharp sand for a carrot bed ???
The soil they push up is lovely crumbly stuff, generally from beneath the seed bank (the top few inches of soil that contains dormant weed seeds). And by the time the birds have pecked at the molehills the soil is pretty pest-free as well. It will be plain topsoil and may need sand, or peat substitute added according to your requirements.
I've used it, found no problems :)
thanks, lauren, I'll try a bit of sand in some, then I can sow some seeds in it and see what happens :)
If the moles have brought the subsoil to the surface there's likely to be sand in it and possibly clay, depends on whats in your ground, but it is so fine after they've finished digging it out, you need something in it to get some air into it or else when it gets wet, it will set like concrete. I use it for potting compost by adding grit or perlite and humus. As Lauren S says, you get very few weed seeds from that far down. Scoop it up when it's freshly dug and spread it out on a plastic sheet for a few days for the birds to clean it up.
I've just bought 25ltrs vermiculite, might add some of that to another lot and see how that goes
QuoteI've got the chance for quite a lot of this,
For the benefit of all; just a point on the legaliies of this action;
Ensure that you have permission from the owner of the land to remove these heaps, otherwise you might be charged with 'THEFT'