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How to Make the Best Compost

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 this may attract vermin. Continue reading →

How To Breakup Clay Soil

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 minerals in clay soils usually makes the soil's pH alkaline so acid loving plants like azaleas, Continue reading →