However, the best compost for garden soil exists, and we’re here to recommend them to you ... Buying compost in bags at a local garden center is good, but going for bulk is better. That’s ...

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It's easy to think of soil as mere dirt, but it’s so much more complicated than that. If you garden, both the structure and ...

October is the month for clearing beds and planting winter hardy crops to provide some early harvest, writes Kitty Scully.

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic matter such as compost, leaves, grass clippings, and/or rotted manure – or bypassing in-ground planting altogether ...

As the days grow shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, preparing your compost pile for winter becomes essential to ensure it remains productive and healthy. Winter can be a challenging time for ...

1. Always wear a disposable face mask before opening up bags or shovelling bulk soil products from a trailer. 2. Wear gloves ...

During the heatwave, I spread a layer of mulch over my backyard in preparation for fruit tree planting and by the next day ...

Whether your soil is light and sandy or heavy clay, digging in bulky organic matter - which means well-rotted manure, compost, leafmould, composted bark, mushroom compost or anything in fact that you ...

In natural landscapes untouched by cultivation soil the organic matter in soils is governed by the carbon cycle. Here plants photosynthesize and add organic material to the soil though their roots, ...

Waitrose has become the first major supermarket to trial a cork recycling scheme.