Keeping a good supply of compost is something I have failed at again and again but this year, I am refusing to buy any. The manure heap is well rotted and looks like compost at the bottom so that's what I am using.
Last year, we received several loads of free tree chippings from local tree surgeons, who also brought us a trailer load of very stony topsoil. The wood chips were used to form paths and the top soil got narrowed into a corner for later use. Now is later, it's time to put it to good use. I'm riddling out the stones and will keep them for filling in holes and for drainage purposes.
After clearing out another small, raised bed, it got a new layer of composted pony manure and then a layer of riddled top soil. What am I going to plant? My free from Olio, (Tesco) shallots that had sprouted in their bags.