Soil Improvement

Dig it into the top 150mm of your soil, or put some in each planting hole.

Try digging several centimetres of finished compost into a flower bed or vegetable garden before planting. How much you use will depend on how much you have available: the soil can use it all. You can also give trees, shrubs, and nursery seedlings a good start by planting them in half-and-half soil and compost.

New lawns will develop healthy roots to keep them green, if compost is dug into the soil before the grass seed is applied. When an established lawn suffers winter-kill, working some compost into the bald spots before seeding again is another good idea

Potting compost

Mix sieved compost with sharp sand and soil. Use roughly equal proportions of each.

Potting Soil House plants, window boxes and hanging baskets will all benefit from a potting soil mixed with sifted compost. Compost alone can be used for growing vegetables in containers, and for starting plants from seed. For indoor use, you may want to sterilize compost in the oven for an hour at 95°C (200°F) -- but don't be alarmed by the (temporary) strong smell

Top Dressing Treating lawns with a half-inch of compost serves as a very effective feeding when the ground has dried in the spring. By sifting the compost first, you can remove any unattractive large pieces or materials that may not be fully decomposed

Mulch

Spread a thick layer around plants to retain moisture and feed plants.

Mulching should be done late in the spring when the ground is thoroughly warmed, but before summer's heat, to conserve moisture. Spread several inches of compost on top of the soil around trees and shrubs, from near the base of the trunk out to the dripline. You can also mulch around vegetables and flowers as soon as the plants are several inches high, to keep roots cool and discourage weeds.

Sell it 

There is a rapidly expanding market for compost as we, collectively, wake up to the many benefits of using it and this is being fuelled by the UK's waste management strategy. This, in turn, is being driven by the EU directive on Landfill, which specifies very challenging targets for the reduction in the burying of biodegradable waste.

Mud baths

Earth was used extensively for remedial purposes in ancient times as well as Middle Ages. In modern times, it again came into prominence as a valuable therapeutic agent in the last century through the indefatigable efforts of Emanuel Felke, a German-born Lutheran minister who was nicknamed as "Clay Pastor." 

Toilets 

Generally when you look into a composting toilet, you will see what looks like soil. It really isn’t offensive at all, and it doesn’t smell either.

Compost "Tea"

Here's a tidy way to supply compost nutrients to house plants or to spot-fertilize seedlings. Soak a burlap bag or old pillowcase of compost in a pail of water until the liquid is tea-coloured. Or stir one part compost into three parts water and pour off the "tea." Using this liquid to water plants makes a difference, particularly in the middle of the warm growing season.