Hunter Organics

COMPANION PLANTING: what is it?

Many gardeners/farmers have known for a long time that plants grow better when they have certain other plants nearby. The opposite is also true. The idea that plants have ‘friends’ and ‘foes’ was dismissed by many experts as unscientific for some time but now that the theory has been studied and found to have a sound basis it has been given a name: allelopathy. more »

PHILIP MILLNER

Organic growers consider their first duty is to nurture the soil in which they grow their produce and to do so without the use of artificial fertilisers, herbicides or insecticides. Organic growers believe in using natural fertilisers and letting nature do the work for them. This article is about compost which many assert is nature’s supreme fertiliser. A small amount of compost will go a long way in promoting the biological activity that is so essential in organic growing. more »

MARY HARDY

INTRODUCTION

Worms can work for you in a number of ways but the two that concern us most in this booklet are their ability to break down waste material into a rich compost-like material called castings and their tunnelling activity which saves you having to do the digging yourself. more »

ERN HARDES

BOX GARDENING

Box gardening is non-back-breaking gardening and is ideal for a limited area such as flats or small house yards. Here’s how: more »