Making mulch of it

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart shares natural methods to help you create a garden that is truly alive and full of hope and joy

Give your soil a boost with an easy, homegrown crop of organic matter

With AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes

Amateur Gardening is proud to encourage its readers to work with nature. Sue Bradley discovers how increasing numbers of people are embracing organic methods of gardening

DISCOVER HOW TO CREATE NUTRIENT-RICH COMPOST QUICKLY AND EASILY, TO HELP YOUR GARDEN GROW

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou