Susan’s Gardening Tips

The following guest author is from the UK, so the style is a bit formal… but I thought you might find a different approach to organic composting interesting.

Cheap Topsoil Can Reduce Costs And Still Be Great Quality

When spring arrives, every gardener begins to consider the many different jobs that need doing in preparation for summer. When the warmer spring gets underway many plants including weeds begin to grow quickly.

For gardeners wishing to significantly reduce the amount of weeding that they’ll need to do, using a good quality mulch will significantly help. For those on a budget, Read the rest of this entry

 Here’s what Organic Lawn Care Techniques has to say… 

Adding an organic compost to soil achieves the optimum soil texture, because it adds nutrients in a natural, easy-to-absorb state… with several bonuses:

• Increases the soil’s organic content, hence it’s water-holding capacity;
• Improves the soil’s physical structure, allowing more air to get to the roots;
• Increases bacterial and beneficial fungal activity, making nutrients more available to grass roots;
• Organically derived plant nutrients are less likely to contribute to water pollution because they are very slow to leach from the soil. 

But here’s the “super” bonus… the response to this enriched soil is a deeper, stronger root structure that withstands drought and disease!

Happy gardening… Susan Nelson Hopkins
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