The best compost will provide all the nutrients and support needed for seeds and veg to grow and thrive, while the worst will leave you with meagre crops and feeble plants. But the only way to know if ...

I use a bulkier compost when pricking out seedlings and growing on plants to a suitable size for planting out. My advice would be to buy a compost at the more expensive end of the scale and try a few ...

Pesticide-laced compost has presented a quandary for the USDA’s National Organic Program ever since California regulators traced residues of dichlorophenyl-dichloroethylene, a breakdown product of DDT ...

Back in 2020, a combination of the coronavirus outbreak and good weather turned the British public into green-fingered gardeners. Now here we are, 12-months on and things are looking very different, ...

YOUR garden could be a good place to spend some time during the coronavirus outbreak if you’ve got green fingers. If you’re thinking about pottering around the outside of your home, you may be ...