{"id":135809,"date":"2023-04-07T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mulch-ado-how-to-have-extremely-healthy-garden-soil\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T17:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T10:10:45","slug":"mulch-ado-how-to-have-extremely-healthy-garden-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mulch-ado-how-to-have-extremely-healthy-garden-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulch ado! How to have extremely healthy garden soil"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGood earth is at the heart of my approach to growing \u2013 and now is the perfect time to give it a boostWhen I set about training to be a food grower, I didn\u2019t expect to find myself as enamoured with soil and compost as I am now. But it turns out that becoming a plant lover is the first step on the path to soil and compost evangelism.\u201cGrow the soil and the plants grow themselves\u201d is a wise adage I\u2019ve heard many times, and it remains the principle at the heart of my growing practice \u2013 especially as I\u2019m fortunate enough to have a space where I can grow plants directly in the earth. (A column about growing in containers is forthcoming, for those who don\u2019t have access to outdoor space.) Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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