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    CLEAN COMPOST

    Oct 22, 2020 2 minutes

    COMPOST CAN BE a gardener’s best friend. It can deliver dramatic improvements in soil quality and nutrients to nourish your plants throughout the growing season. But unless you use the right techniques, you may also find yourself with a bumper crop of weeds.

    “Composting is a biological process

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