soil improver - best for retaining moisture
After another extremely dry summer my borders are suffering badly. The only thing that has done really well since June is the cosmos - thank goodness.
I make compost, but no where near enough to cover a significant part of the garden, so I was going to buy some sort of soil improver.
I'm on good ol'Essex clay which has been like concrete for the past couple of months.
What should I get?
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Composted manure. It depends on your budget Pete but it's black gold apparently. If buying it in bags is out of the question, try to find a stables or livery nearby. They should have the odd wee bit lying about.
Completely agree pp.
Lots of local stables, and they offer it free, but they don;t deliver and I'd need a lot, so was going to order online and get it in bags.
I've seen it for £115 for 36 x 75L bags, which is OK, but there are several varieties - horse or cow or farmyard or mushroom. The mushroom looks like the best stuff (lots of straw bits), but will make more soil more alkaline than it already is
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.