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Welcome to the AWARD WINNING
Green Gardener Website
from Vital Earth

Ethical green gardening advice and current information on

green issues that matter to you.

Environmentally friendly, growing media from waste collection,

which includes organic compost, fertilisers, soil improvers and

plant food, specially formulated for a healthier greener garden.

 

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Why should I use Organic
Peat Free Compost?

See our Peat Free Organic Compost Facts

from an array of sources, including: BBC

experts and the Wildlife Trust.


Being a “Green Gardener”
really makes a difference

 

What is Organic Compost,
Fertiliser and Mulch?

For our quick guide to the benefits

of each, visit the organic compost

advice page, for an easy what

to use and when to use it guide

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We are continually adding new stockists
to sell environmentally friendly, peat free
and recycled organic compost, organic
plant food, fertilisers and soil
improvers

 

NEW for Spring 2012
RSPB Multi Purpose
Organic Compost

Vital Earth is particularly proud
to be working in partnership
with the RSPB

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compost

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The Greener
Times

Your update on green Issues,

garden news and events

Cut back for later

The Telegraph

Late summer-flowering shrubs that are now showing signs of life (e.g. hardy fuchsia, ceratostigma and hypericum) can be cut back to points just above healthy new shoots

Cut back for later

Try some new vegetables

The Telegraph

Broaden your taste horizons with some eclectic perennial planting. Elect vegetables for nutrious meals year after year.

Try some new vegetables

What to do on the allotment

The Guardian

Conscientious allotmenteers set up a near assembly line this month as they sow, or prick out, or pot on, harden off and transplant the multitude of different vegetables one after the other. It is monotonous work but the rewards for being ahead of the game from the start of the year are the earliest delicacies now – home grown asparagus, young broad beans cooked in the pod, the unrepeatable first peas of spring and salads.

What to do on the allotment

Rainfall helps wildlife...

The Guardian

Fish, newts, dragonflies and some birds benefit from record rainfall levels, although hundreds of wading birds lose nests.

Rainfall helps wildlife...

'Shameful' plastic waste to be tackled by government

The Guardian

Lord Taylor reveals Defra is considering agreement with councils to drive plastic recycling

'Shameful' plastic waste to be tackled by government

An hour in a May garden

The Mirror

The English wildflowers are out too, aquilegia, cowslips, primroses. To match them we have the geraniums, vincas and my pride and joy – Saxifraga ‘London Pride’.

An hour in a May garden

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Our Green
Garden Calendar

Expert advice on when to use
peat free organic compost, fertilisers and soil improvers

Expert Advice

This Month’s
Grow Your Own
Recipe Idea

Making the most of delicious
in-season, organic fruit and vegetables

Recipes