Browsing: COMPOST

Gardening expert shares huge compost heap ‘mistakes’ attracting rats to your garden

By Jim WestDecember 3, 2023

Creating your own compost is a great way to keep the garden healthy, but it can also be an ideal…

Monty Don shares how often to feed container plants to ‘promote root and flower formation’

By Jim WestJuly 4, 2023

Container plant compost quickly runs out of nutrients as they can’t find their own so they need to be regularly…

‘Crucial’ composting ratio to follow or risk ending up with a heap that’s ‘a pile of mush’

By Jim WestMarch 17, 2023

Compost has many different uses around the garden and can be a surefire way to have blooming flowers and healthy…

Food scraps ‘not’ to add to your compost heaps – will ‘attract vermin’ to your garden

By Jim WestFebruary 15, 2023

Compost is perhaps the most amazing soil amendment you can add to your garden. It is a great way to…

‘Cheapest way!’: Mark Lane shares ‘best’ compost to use for a ‘simple’ way to grow veg

By Jim WestJune 1, 2022

COMPOST has many different uses around the garden and can be a surefire way to have blooming flowers and healthy…