Good Organic Gardening

10 TOP TIPS

1 TEA TREE TREATMENT

Keep your secateurs and other gardening tools clean and free of rust with tea-tree oil and you’ll also avoid transferring diseases from one plant to another. Distilled from the paperbark tree (Melaleuca alternifolia), tea-tree oil is one of nature’s most effective antibacterials and antifungals, so it makes sense to use it to sterilise tools between jobs. The same goes for pruning saws and anything else that might pass infections from tree to tree. Bonus tip: Fill a pot with sand and

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