Bonfire Etiquette
Spring arrived in my garden last Saturday. A beautiful clear sky, yellow daffodils and some early tulips were at their best, the birds were singing, a few …
Composting
Do you want to try your hand at composting? It’s easier than you think. Use the compost top tips below to transform kitchen scraps into ‘black gold’ in your own backyard. Find out what to add to your compost bin and get answers to frequently asked composting questions in the articles here. Get started with home composting by checking out our range of traditional and modern compost bins and composters including hotbins and wormeries.
Common Composting Questions Answered
What materials can be composted? For the best results from your compost bin you need to add in layers of equal amounts of soft green and brown material. During …
A New Resolution
It’s a bit late in January to make resolutions so I’m already playing catch-up. I didn’t really give any thought to resolutions this year, but I had …
New Year Resolution Competition Winners
Following on from last month’s article about planning your garden for the New Year, we ran a competition on our Facebook page to see what your New Year …
Something for next year ….
It’s time to start planting, although there’s precious little that can go in this early. However, leafing through the catalogue on a mission, I …
A brave new world of compost
I’ve been living with a couple of plastic compost bins for the last few years. They’re the type that you get cheap from the local council (below) …