Harvesting the compost is a job that happens two or three times a year. Sifting, sorting and putting the lovely crumbly black stuff around plant roots. Mangetout peas, baby bramley and plum benefited this time.
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At the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Putney the garden had become a bit tired and congested, with some shrubs not thriving so well or become outsized. The beds had become infested with mind-your-own-business and other weeds, and lavender and rosemary had succumbed to rosemary beetle. In addition, the soil was heavy and had few earthworms, …
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