Coir Compost

Reading Time: 4 minutes Coir for greenhouse plants Want to take your gardening up a notch? Then get a greenhouse. You can use them to protect tender plants over the winter, speed up seedling growth and enjoy exotic fruit and flowers. (Jealous much? Us? Never!) As it’s down to you to control a greenhouse’s micro climate, you need to…

Reading Time: 4 minutes No Dig gardening for beginners Searching for an easier way to nurture your garden? One with less weeding, watering and back-breaking work? Want to swap digging for mulching? Then read on for our top tips on no dig gardening for beginners. What is no dig gardening? Digging over vegetable plots and flower borders has been…

Reading Time: 6 minutes You may have taken a look at the title of this blog and started thinking, “Hey Coco & Coir, why do we need to know about what a coconut really is anyway?” To that we’d have to say, well, there’s no better way to understand where your compost comes from than to fully understand all…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The low-down on compressed coir compost So you want to give your precious plants a boost. But if you’re thinking about heading out to grab a bag of compost, stop! What if there’s a more eco-friendly alternative, like compressed coir compost? Compressed compost vs bagged compost You’ve probably seen bags of compost stacked up at…

Reading Time: 4 minutes To introduce coconut coir as a fantastic peat-free alternative growing media to peat-based composts, we know that the best way is to not just say it, but show it! We can talk all day about just how good coir is for not only helping to protect natural peatlands and reduce carbon emissions across the country,…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Gardening is pretty eco-friendly, right? We grow plants for pollinators, make ponds for wildlife and set up bug hotels. All great additions to gardens that give something back to the environment. But we could be doing much more to help improve our planet’s carbon-capturing capabilities. Sadly, huge swathes of wetland habitats have been ripped up…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Perlite vs vermiculite: which one wins? The key to great gardening is not only growing sustainably, but knowing the soil that you grow your plants in. Two common choices for soil additives are perlite and vermiculite. They are soil conditioners which could help you unlock lush plants, more delicious produce and fabulously colourful blooms. Check…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tasty insights into vegan compost When you’re vegan, meals made from delicious fruit and veg makes all the difference. And what could be tastier than food you grow yourself? No dodgy additives, zero carbon miles (well, carbon meters at most!) and a rainbow of fruit and vegetable varieties you’ll never see in a supermarket. But…

Reading Time: 3 minutes With growing concerns over the impact our waste culture has on the environment and the eco-anxiety that comes with it, finding ways to alleviate the burden on our planet seems to be a goliath task. Reducing our household waste is a great place to start, especially considering the staggering statistic that – in the UK…