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Nettle Leaf Plant Food
Nettle leaves can be used to make an easy to use plant food. Best of all it’s free! To make your nettle fertiliser you will need only four things: Nettles! -… [Continue reading]

Planting Green Beans (French/Snap) - Without the Pitfalls
This is a no-failure way of planting green beans with ease - for a crop of healthy, delicious vegetables. Remember when planting green beans of the French variety… [Continue reading]

Everyone should have a comfrey bed to supply very useful high potash liquid manure for tomatoes setting their first fruit and other potash hungry plants. This powerful, long lived perennial, which is also a… [Continue reading]

Coffee

Acid loving plants such as azaleas, roses, heathers and evergreens love to have your coffee grouts once you’ve finished with them! Coffee

N-K-P figures are percentages of nitrogen,phosphates and potash.

Nitrogen promotes foliage growth and is particularly needed for grass and leafy vegetables.

Phosphates promote root development and are needed for young plants root vegetables, fruit and seed crops.

Potash… [Continue reading]