Compost
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How to make your own peat-free potting compost
Emma Rawlings looks at some ingredients and recipes for making your own peat-free potting compost, both for seeds and potting on.
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November issue now on sale!
In the November issue, you’ll find: Veg growing expert Martin Fish reveals his favourite varieties of garlic and how to grow them; Stephanie Hafferty celebrates autumn by making leafmould and harvesting late crops; and Ecologist Becky Searle brings you the…
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Improving your soil
Having good soil is the foundation to producing successful crops. You can get a feel for what your soil type is like by squeezing ahandful. Does it stay together, moulded in asolid lump, or is it crumbly?
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Video: Winter Care of Your Soil
Steve takes you through the best ways to care for your soil in the winter! The products shown in the video can help ensure your soil has all the nutrients, plus they work for the no dig method too. For…
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Making and using biochar
Biochar is said to be highly beneficial to the soil. KG reader Alan Free has spent many years perfecting a simple way to make it at home Biochar is basically a form of charcoal that is made from anything that…
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KG Best Buy November 2017 – Composting
Each month our expert editorial team pick the best products for you BUDGET COMPOSTER With a 439 litre capacity this is a self-assembly, timber composter that has been pressure treated to protect against rot. The space between slats allows air…
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Do yourself a good turn – tumbling composter
With this tumbling composter all the hard work of creating your own compost disappears. The rods and fins do all the work mixing and turning, breaking down large clusters which will activate and speed up the process giving you beautiful…
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Recycle your compost bags
Don’t throw your compost bags away, you can use them for container growing, especially early potatoes…. Compost bags are ideal as containers for growing early potatoes. So here’s how to do it: Roll the sides of each bag down half…
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Quick growing tips
Joyce Russell shares some of her top growing tips for May… It’s worth making a second sowing of anything that failed from an earlier one. On the other hand, it will save valuable growing time if you can find young…
