Manure is one of nature’s best gifts to gardeners, but with the environmental impact of livestock farming under the spotlight, we can't help but wonder - is there any way we can move away from...
Category: Soil Health
If you're new to gardening, you're probably interested in using organic quality compost or manure, but not sure which to choose. Making your own compost is confusing enough, but when you add manures...
The cheapest way to buy manure is to buy it straight from the farm, but then you have a lot of fresh manure on your hands that you need to age and store properly. There are loads of conflicting...
Which Vegetables Don’t Like Manure & Can Too Much Kill Them?
Manure burn is one of the most common problems in the vegetable garden. We think we’re doing our vegetables a favour, but many vegetables don’t like manure. In this article we’ll share our...
You may have heard about the miracle-working properties of sand as more and more people ditch traditional horticultural materials for simple builders sand in their garden. With promises of better...
I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but peat pots only recently came into my life. I’d been gardening for several years before I even knew that peat pots existed. When peat pots finally did come...