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4 postsCoffee grounds do not acidify soil, eggshells do not stop slugs, banana skins rot in the planting hole: what is really inside the five most popular kitchen leftovers, and how to use them properly.
Most perennials are modest feeders, and too much fertiliser harms more than too little. Here is how to feed your perennial bed with compost and mulch, without overloading it.
When your compost heap just rots into slime instead of turning to humus, it's almost always one of four usual causes. Here's how to make the diagnosis, kick-start decomposition with turning and a nettle starter, and avoid the classic mistakes.
A lot of fertiliser does not mean a lot of fruit. Why an open, mulched tree circle matters more than any bag of feed, and how too much nitrogen harms the tree.
