Composting is an affordable and easy way to deliver much-needed nutrients to your garden beds, borders and potted plants while reducing garden and household waste. Many pre-made compost products are ...

Your compost heap needs to achieve higher temperatures to sterilise and kill off these perennial weeds, so they are best added to your garden waste recycling and taken away by your local authority, ...

Do your garden and the environment a favour by turning organic waste into beautiful rich compost this autumn Garden compost Autumn and winter are times of decay in our gardens. The summer borders ...

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Growing vegetable marrows on a compost heap is a long-standing gardening tradition. Their roots permeate the rotting material where they find plentiful nutrients and moisture, while their luxuriant ...

Good soil is the starting point for a garden full of strong healthy plants. The addition of well-rotted garden compost improves soil fertility and structure, aides drainage on heavy, wet soils and ...

Composting is the process of breaking down organic matter, like food scraps, into all-natural fertilizer. This is how to ...

It is not a silly question at all, and I applaud your desire to do so. There are several ways that you can put your old Christmas tree to good use in your garden, one of which is to finely chop or ...

Having a compost heap in your garden is a hugely beneficial way to make use of your waste - but did you know you should be watering it regularly? By having a compost heap in your garden you can make ...

We bought an old house and have been working extra hard on a self-build extension and house renovation for the last seven months. We have installed a big fixed window pane with the idea of looking out ...

Matt Jordan, gardening expert for The Greenhouse People, has shared some “mistakes” you could be making with your compost, attracting rats into the garden. 1. Getting the wrong ratio of greens and ...