Lawn Care & Composting
3 Cubic Metres of Mulch Produced by a Stihl GHE 140 L from Hedge Trimmings
A mixed beech and privet hedge can feed roughly three cubic metres of shredded material through a...
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400 Litres of Leaf Mould from a Single Beech Hedge Using a GreenJem Jute Sack
A GreenJem jute sack holds 70 to 80 litres of loose material, enough to take the shredded leaf...
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Yellow Patches on a Fescue Lawn Corrected with Westland SafeLawn and a Core Aerator
A 90 square metre fine fescue lawn moved from yellow patches to even green over ten weeks after...
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6 Weeks to a Finished Compost Heap with a Hotbin Mk2 and Fresh Grass Clippings
A Hotbin Mk2 can hold 60 to 70 degrees Celsius when the carbon-to-nitrogen balance is right, and...
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Level a Bumpy Lawn with 40 Kilograms of Kettering Loam and a Landscaping Rake
A 40 kilogram bag of Kettering loam covers about 8 to 10 square metres when the layer stays at 4...
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400 Square Metres of Tired Turf Aerated with a Wolf-Garten Hollow-Tine Fork and Autumn Feed
A Wolf-Garten hollow-tine fork removes real soil cores from the ground. The solid-spike version...
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Overseed Bare Turf with Rolawn Seed and a Wolf-Garten Spreader Before Frost
Rolawn grass seed germinates fastest once soil stays above 8C, so in many temperate gardens the...
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3 Bins of the Berkeley Method Yield Finished Compost in 18 Days at 60 Degrees
Three bins, a 60 degrees Celsius starting core, and the first turn on day four define the...
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240 Litres of Kitchen Peelings Turned in a Joraform JK125 Over an English Winter
The Joraform JK125 has two 125-litre chambers, and 240 litres of winter kitchen peelings was...
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