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To produce the best garden compost, each bag needs to contain a mix of nitrogen rich waste (such as grass cuttings) and courser carbon rich material (such as small twigs, cuttings, bark or even shredded newspaper).
Most vegetable waste can be composted for your garden, but do not try to compost meat or cooked food as [...]

Anyone who suffers with clay soil knows how difficult it is to work with and how much harder it is for plants to flourish. Clay soils are more compact and contain more minerals which bind the soil together making it difficult for oxygen, water and nutrients to get to plant roots. The high levels of [...]

Begonias grown from tubers produce great sturdy plants.  To get the most out of your begonia, start growing them in March.  Begonia tubers product long lasting flowers from June to November when planted and grown well, here's how to do it:
In March, using either seed trays or small pots filled with moist compost, plant the [...]