If you’re wondering how to make compost and why—well, read on for all the dirt. As gardeners can attest, we grow very attached to the stuff. In fact, when I moved to my new house many years ago, I ...

Compost contains nutrients that your plants need for optimum growth, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It is an especially good supplier of micronutrients that are needed in small quantities ...

Packed with useful advice, Nicky Scott’s ultimate guide to compost is essential reading for professional and amateur gardeners alike, says Mark Newton Our dinner plates often contain leftovers, and ...

There are many benefits to making your own compost. Adding the finished product to your flower and veg beds is the most natural way to improve the structure, health and vitality of your soil, which in ...

The longer I garden the more I realise that making good compost is the one true secret of horticultural success. If you make wonderful compost every time, all the time, then congratulations – you do ...

17:54, Fri, Apr 24, 2020 Updated: 18:27, Fri, Apr 24, 2020 Compost is one of the most nutrient-rich sources of food for your garden and can be used in a wealth of ways. The earthy-smelling material ...

There, her team would make potting compost by the ton for the two-acre 18th-century walled kitchen garden. They followed, more or less, the classic John Innes formula, designed in the Thirties to ...

Drawing from 40 years of composting experience, Nicky Scott's latest book will inspire confidence in beginners and give new techniques to veteran composters Making things rot is, you would imagine, a ...

Turning stuff that rots into other stuff that we can use to build and improve our garden soil is what composting is all about. With even a modicum of success, the end result is the same: handfuls of ...