Online food garden chat July 2020

On Sunday 19 July 2020 the Food Garden Group's third online food garden chat took place. We talked about compost heaps, hay and straw, pruning an espaliered fruit tree, pruning raspberries and blueberries, and how to use seaweed and sea grass. See below for a summary of the discussions.

Acid or Alkaline?

Your soil may contain all the elements for optimal plant growth, but if its acidity/alkalinity level is wrong for what you grow, plants will not be able to access the elements, or they may get too much. This blog post covers how to measure acidity/alkalinity, and how to adjust it, if it needs adjusting.