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| Composting Accessories - our selection of composting accessories and tools are essential if you want to make the best possible use of your compost bin or heap - all are designed to assist your composting activities throughout the process, from the aerator and thermometer to monitor and aerate the heap while its decomposing to the sifter screen and rotosieve to grade the finished compost. Don't go thinking that's an exhaustive list; throw in recycling bags and bins, galvanised incinerators to burn diseased or unsuitable-for-composting material, books to guide you through the composting minefield, accelerators for the impatient composter and bio-degradable leaf sacks - and add a few innovative products in the mix for good measure for all the composting help you could possibly need! |
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Flexi Tubs |
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from £5.45
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A tough Flexi Tub for every occasion sounds like an excellent idea and these heavy duty, polyethylene made colourful trugs certainly hit the mark when it comes to gardening, weeding, collecting rubbish, fruit picking, feeding the horses and generally carrying stuff around outside!
Available in handy 26 litre and muscle-building 40 litre sizes, these garden workhorses of flexible gardening tubs come in three distinct colours - blue, pink and olive green - and are really very comfortable to carry, thanks to the specially designed and strengthened ergonomically enhanced handle which also folds flat for single hand transportation.
Don't confine your Flexi Tub use to the garden; these waterproof vessels are just as much at home indoors (as laundry baskets, toy boxes and log carriers), on camping trips, visits to the beach (wine cooler, anyone?) and boating holidays. 26 litre Flexi Tubs measure 32cm x 38cm x 47cm whilst their 40 litre counterparts are 40cm x 56cm x 46cm - but remember they are flexible so can be easily compressed for storage! |
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Carbon Gold Biochar Seed Compost |
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£5.95
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This Soil Association approved Carbon Gold Biochar Seed Compost is the growing medium all seeds and gardeners alike have been waiting for; packed full of beneficial - and completely organic - nutrients, the seed compost will get seeds off to the strongest possible start.
The Carbon Gold seed compost additive list makes impressive reading; added to mycorrhizal fungi and wormcasts is Carbon Gold biochar, seaweed, organic coir and a vegetable-based nutrient blend, all of which work together to help ensure high germination rates and healthy early root formation.
You'll also find that seeds and seedlings raised in Carbon Gold Biochar Seed Compost ‘take’ quickly when potted on or planted out so grab yourself an 8 litre bag of this potent seed sowing mix and enjoy the garden benefits! |
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Garden Lime |
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£3.95
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Gardeners have been using lime for years to improve soil conditions and this natural ingredient really is the key to quality soil - for not only does the application of lime raise the PH level of the soil, it improves the crumb structure in heavy soils and in itself is a form of calcium.
The J Arthur Bowers world renowned Garden Lime we stock is supplied in a 3kg box (coverage 30m²), is made from ground limestone and should be applied in late autumn or early winter when the ground is frost free. Use garden lime on particularly acidic soils each year - neutral soil will benefit from an application every 3 years - by scattering over the soil surface and forking in well, and don't forget to treat your brassica plot with garden lime too as a higher PH will help discourage club root. |
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Compost Stirrer/Aerator |
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£12.95
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Regular mixing and aerating of your compost is an essential part of composting - and that's where this Compost Stirrer/Aerator proves invaluable. A real aid to the composter, the double handle helps plunge the prong into the heap and the hinged flaps open automatically to turn the compost and create new air passages as you pull. |
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Compost Thermometer |
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£25.45
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Creating and monitoring a hot inner core of decomposing material – a process known as ‘hot composting’ – is simple with the help of the 52cm long probe of this Compost Thermometer. Composting has always been an important part of organic gardening and a thermometer is a vital part of the compost maker’s armoury. |
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Wire Leaf Composter |
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from £34.95
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Don't underestimate the benefits that leaf mould can bring to the garden, and a great way to start making your own free, nutritious supply of nature's very own soil improver is with the Wire Leaf Composter - the ideal place to put the mountain of leaves that fall during the year. The steel wire constructed leaf composter - with a rust resistant powder coating - holds 560 litres and includes a mesh lid with an access door. It’s such good value that we've introduced an Extra Value Offer - buy three of the 75cm W x 75cm D x 1m H units together to produce nutritious leaf mould and save £7. You'll never curse the falling leaves again! |
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Rotary Soil Sieve |
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£44.95
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The steel Rotasieve is a solid and valuable aid that enables you to sieve soil and get excellent smooth, fine results with ease - the process is simple - just take material from your composting source, turn the handle and use the resulting sieved compost for potting or as a garden mulch. |
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Wormcast |
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£9.95
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Wormcast is about as natural and organic as a garden fertiliser can get and it's the good old earthworm who does all the hard work in producing this nutrient and humus-rich soil - the consistency has to be seen to be believed!
Soil and organic matter passes through the digestive system of the worms to produce Wormcast which is used as a valuable and plant-boosting additive to potting composts, garden soils, hanging baskets and even lawns - not to mention vegetable plots and beds. This worm-processed soil is made by Norfolk worms and should be mixed with compost at a rate of 4 parts compost to 1 part wormcast; it contains beneficial organisms which help stimulate seed germination and subsequent root growth and with such a large number of garden uses, you'll find each 10 litre bag of Wormcast goes far too quickly! |
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Strulch Garden Mulch |
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from £9.95
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Strulch Garden Mulch is used by famous sites such as RHS Wisley, Ryton Organic Gardens, The Eden Project and has been featured on BBC Gardeners World at Berryfields. A light and easy to use mineralized wheat straw garden mulch which reduces weed growth by up to 95%, enriches soil, helps to retain moisture and offers protection around plants. Also featured on ITV's This Morning Programme - 4th March 2008 |
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GroChar BioChar Concentrated Soil Enhancer 1kg |
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£6.95
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The carbon-rich biochar in Soil Association approved GroChar BioChar Concentrated Soil Enhancer helps keep carbon in the soil for up to 50 years with only one application required - ever!
The GroChar biochar’s effectiveness is further enhanced by the seaweed, wormcast and mycorrhizal fungi ingredients, which provide an attractive home for beneficial micro-organisms and stabilise nutrients in the soil so root growth and plant development are accelerated. This completely natural soil improver is made by turning waste plant material into charcoal through clean technology, placing carbon in the soil and not into the atmosphere. Use GroChar BioChar Concentrated Soil Enhancer as a soil improver, compost additive or apply directly under trees or vegetable transplants. |
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Compost Tea Maker |
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£49.95
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The Compost Tea Maker will help revive plants with a cuppa! We all know that compost is terrific stuff but what about the often uncollected and valuable liquid produced during the process - Compost Tea - full of nutrients that will help improve the flavour of your vegetables. Make sure you’re not missing out with this environmentally friendly, award-winning product.
Compost Tea Maker Sale Price Now Only £49.95 - SAVE £50! |
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Sheep's Wool Compost |
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£10.95
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Sheep's Wool Compost is an excellent eco-friendly peat-free garden compost that mixes bracken and sheep’s wool to help retain water while releasing nutrients to feed flowers, fruit and vegetables throughout the growing season. The idea originated from old gardening books that talked of wool's natural ability to hold water to itself, and provide long term nutrient release - wool is still famously used in the 'Rhubarb Triangle' of Yorkshire. |
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Biodegradable Leaf Sacks (Set of 3) |
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from £5.95
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Not everyone has a compost bin and even if you do, it's best to let leaves decompose at their own slow pace - and these Biodegradable Leaf Sacks do just that. Each loose weave jute sack can hold thousands of fallen leaves and will slowly mirror its contents by breaking down and forming an invaluable gardening ally, leaf mould. Extra Value - Buy 2 sets of Leaf Sacks and Save £1 |
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Sealing Clips |
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from £3.95
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Sealing clips made from a strong and durable plastic will ensure an air and water tight seal for use within the greenhouse and home. Great for keeping your seeds dry, stopping open fertiliser bags becoming damp or even keeping your sandwiches nice and fresh. Please Note that we cannot guarentee which colour you will recieve (blue or white) but we will ensure your clips are all of the same colour. |
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