Soil Testing
It's important to know your soil before buying plants. Follow our guide and find out how to recognise the different types. The pH of your soil can be tested with a simple kit available at garden centres. The solution turns yellow-orange for acid ... [... more]
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Mulching plants
Follow our guide to mulching, an essential garden technique. A layer of mulch provides nutrients to plants, keeps in moisture, it forms a barrier against weeds and can help to insulate the roots of vulnerable plants from winter cold. Mulch can ... [... more]
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Soil Testing Kit
 This comprehensive soil testing kit allows you to analyse your soil for all the necessary nutrients: phosphorous potash and nitrogen and discover the pH level. Kit provides approximately 50 tests. [... more]
£12.72
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Spear & Jackson County Soil Rake
This garden rake from Spear and Jackson's County range has a hammer finish epoxy coated head for improved resistance to rust scratches humidity and alkalines in the soil. Fitted with a ightweight aluminium shaft this product also benfits from having a lon [... more]
£17.62
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Yeoman Soil Rake
Yeoman Soil rake featuring a lightweight tubular shaft and a grey hammertone carbon steel head. [... more]
£7.83
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Spear & Jackson Stainless Steel Soil Rake
Coming with a 10 year guarantee this soil rake has a mirror polished head is rust resistant extra long sockets for strength and has a weatherproofed hardwood shaft. The Supergrip is smoother and stronger and gives an ideal digging angle and extra shock-ab [... more]
£27.40
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2 in 1 Soil Sieve
This sieve that will do a great job of removing lumps stones and other debris from soil. This deep sieve comes supplied with two changeable screens. Each screen is made from tough galvanised woven wire which will allow for easier sifting with a 6mm and 12 [... more]
£6.85
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Soil pH Tester Kit
Liquid formula to test the pH of your soil easy to use accurate liquid testing contains enough for 20 tests. Includes a list of over 400 plants with their pH preference. [... more]
£5.87
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Making compost
Composting kitchen and garden waste is a great, free way of improving the soil in your garden. Follow our guide to making the perfect compost mix. Choose a compost bin - a range is available to suit different sizes of garden. Combine soft green ... [... more]
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Making leaf mould
Recycling your falling autumn leaves is one of the easiest ways to generate free garden compost. Take a black bin liner and punch a few holes in the side and bottom. Store in a shady spot and the following autumn the leaves will have rotted down ... [... more]
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Grow green manure
Prepare the soil by removing weeds, digging over if it hasn't been recently cultivated, and raking level. Scatter seeds over the surface of the soil using around 50g of seed per square metre or follow suppliers' recommendations for specific ... [... more]
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Digging your garden
Cultivating the soil by digging is fundamental to good gardening. Learn the difference between single and double digging and when the no dig method works. Digging the soil is essential for good plant growth. If the soil condition is poor organic ... [... more]
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