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Editor Kim Stoddart reveals how to save money and boost your gardening with homemade soil improvers and protectors

Spread a bulky mulch on top of the soil surface around the base of young apple trees to condition the soil, hold in moisture and suppress weeds. This will all help the tree to establish well. Use well

Raised beds are often recommended for growing vegetables on heavy clay soil, as they improve drainage and allow you to control the soil conditions. I don’t have clay soil, but I do find them easier fo

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t

Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time