What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
A layer of mulch saves water, slows weeds and builds humus. But mulch is not just mulch: why fresh grass clippings rot, why bark does not belong on the vegetable bed, and how the right material in the right place protects your soil.
Why organic fertiliser takes a quite different path from mineral feed, what the three nutrients N, P and K really do, which organic fertilisers are worth it, and why with the amount less is almost always more.
Garden and kitchen waste become the best fertiliser you can get for free. Why the whole secret lies in the ratio of green and brown material, how to avoid rot, and what must never go on the compost.
