Show Notes
Jim and Mary discuss the 5 best ways to use compost in your garden and flowerbeds. Compost is the key to adding healthy nutrients to your soil naturally. It’s full of life and teeming with beneficial bacteria and organisms. All of which work to rejuvenate and re-energize tired soil and help keep it productive.
But how effective it is at helping your soil and plants really depends on how you use it. And some uses are certainly better and more productive than others. Check out these 5 great uses for compost!
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