Apart from the air and water, soil provides the basis for plant growth. So making and keeping your soil healthy are the most important tasks.
Wheeley Good Green Waste Solutions – Video
Ever felt like the third wheel? Now you know how the green bin feels. It’s here for good and not for evil, so treat it right and feed…
DIY Composting Videos
Composting food and garden waste is easy, but there are a few tricks. Episode 1 – Lord of the Bins (Part 1) Lord of the Bins is a…
Can’t compost food waste? Try sharing it
Would you like to reduce your carbon footprint by decreasing food waste which accounts for 30% of all the resources used in farming i.e. water,…
Should I Use Sphagnum or Peat Moss?
To reduce global heating we should not us peeat products in gardens, but peat moss is sold to us both by itself and in some potting mixes.! If you…
Composting Methods our Subscribers Prefer
In October, 2017, we asked subscribers to our newsletter, Cuttings, to answer a number of questions in a survey about composting. Although the number…
The Science of Composting
Many well-intentioned composters keep adding kitchen scraps to the compost bin and then wonder why they are left with a smelly rotting mess. The…
Could manures, composts or mulch damage plants?
As sustainable gardeners we are probably relying quite a bit on commercially sourced compost, manures and mulch to help promote healthy plant growth.…
How Sustainable is your Garden?
We talk a lot about sustainability, but what does it actually mean in relation to gardening? How can we contribute to a more 'sustainable' world by…
Seaweed Extracts for the Garden
The term “seaweeds” here to refers to macroalgae – the kind you see clinging to rocks at low tide, or in beautiful subtidal gardens (these can also…
The Living Soil
When I started experimenting with wicking beds a few years ago, I was concerned about the isolation of the wicking bed’s soil. The bed’s water tank…
Worm Wicking – One Year On
Last August, I wrote an article for SGA about my first attempt at a Sustainable Wicking Worm Bed. For details see…