{"id":143809,"date":"2024-04-20T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-even-is-mulch-27-of-the-most-basic-gardening-questions-answered\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T13:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T06:18:40","slug":"what-even-is-mulch-27-of-the-most-basic-gardening-questions-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-even-is-mulch-27-of-the-most-basic-gardening-questions-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"What even is mulch? 27 of the most basic gardening questions answered"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHow do I know what soil I have? Do bulbs come back? And how did people garden before Google? As the growing season gears up, our experts are here with a barrowful of adviceFew domestic gardens need work every weekend \u2013 whisper it, but they\u2019re quite good at looking after themselves. Broadly speaking: new growth on twiggy, brown (or woody) stems is a fair sign to prune old growth back to encourage the new growth into a neater, fuller shape; a shift to spring and summer signals a need to feed plants; if your plants are romping away, your weeds probably will be too \u2013 pulling them out while they\u2019re small is easier \u2013 and planting or sowing things late is better than not at all. Mulch whenever you think about it. Alice Vincent Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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