As spring approaches, gardeners typically plan their sowing and potting – and potting compost is an essential element of this. More than three million cubic metres of potting compost are used in the ...

This is officially my best-ever year for peat-free gardening. I’ve been growing beautiful as well as productive plants without peat-based composts for many moons, but this season has been exceptional ...

As spring approaches, we’ll be sowing, planting, mulching and digging – but which compost do we need for each job? To keep things simple, be aware that there are basically two types of compost: ...

AS SPRING approaches, we'll be sowing, planting, mulching and digging – but which compost do we need for each job? There are basically two types of compost: Soilless and soil-based. Soilless types are ...

I want to plant some pieris and azalea in the same bed as a Trachelospermum jasminoides, which I plan to train along a fence. The pieris and azalea need acid soil and the label advises ericaceous ...

01:01, Sun, Mar 1, 2015 Updated: 21:42, Wed, Mar 4, 2015 Today we take it for granted that we can pop down to the garden centre and pick up a bag of suitable mixture for sewing seeds, potting plants ...

The needles make excellent ericaceous compost and the branches can be used for pea or bean supports Is your Christmas tree looking a little sad? One might imagine it is by now, for the ghost has truly ...