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Top 12 Gardening Mistakes

Download: Podcast 1. Ignoring Soil Health: attempting to grow high quality plants from a low quality soil. There’s nothing better […]

Download: Podcast Brown composts are older dead plant material. Examples of this would include straw, old leaves, sawdust, branch or twig […]

Download: Podcast Peat moss, for the home gardener, is one of the most convenient sources of organic matter. It doesn’t […]

Download: Podcast Green composts differ from brown composts in that they are newer dead plant material. Examples of green compost include […]

What it is and why it is one of the most important contributing factors to gardening success. Podcast: download If […]

Podcast: download We all know what a brown manure is, but what is a green manure? Green manures come from plants, […]

Podcast: download There are two types of manures: brown and green. Brown manures, the manure we’re all more familiar with, come […]

Potting soil is big business. Every year thousands of bags of potting mixes are sold from nurseries and garden centers […]

Mulches are used as a soil covering, for a variety of reasons: Water preservation (moisture retention) Heat trapping Create pathways […]