Gardening Tips

We asked the guys on one of our composting sites to give us their top tips for making compost at home. Here’s how they suggest you turn your food and garden waste into sweet-smelling, rich brown compost. How To Make Compost At Home Choose A Good Spot: A level, well-drained spot, which will ensure that any excess water drains away…

Mulching suppresses weeds, improves your soil and saves on watering and weeding over time with the added benefit of giving your borders a fresh and neat appearance. Your soil will retain water come spring and summer and mulching will protect the roots of your plants in winter. Our Caledonian Horticulture mulches also slowly release nutrients into the soil which will…

We get asked a lot about which soil improver to use on which types of soil – here’s the low down. We make and sell two types of soil improver – Green Goodness (£3.50 per bag) and Kelpie Compost (£4.75 per bag). Both are peat free high performing soil improvers made from composted green and woody plant material. They will…