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How much biochar (or SF60) should you add to your soil and compost?

We talk a lot about Biochar Super Compost, SF60. What really makes it "Super" compared to everyday compost?

Keen gardeners have an interest in better flowers, tastier vegetables, making a positive difference to the garden environment and helping to limit climate change.

Interested and happy to hear Nick Bailey from the BBC's Gardeners' World talking to Joshua Sparkes, Head Gardener at Forde Abbey, about using biochar in their extensive tulip planting.

Our tester Paul has been busy filling his Super Composter with a mixture of materials from general garden waste from his smallholding, to household scraps, coffee grounds and sourdough starters from the kitchen.

Biochar mitigates climate change Every gardener and farmer can help offset (mitigate) climate change by adding biochar or biochar super compost (SF60) to their soil.

All of our testers have taken a different approach to their feedback on our new Super Composter and all of it has been really helpful and is being used to modify the current design so it can be the very best it can be.

By October grass growth begins to slow down, which is generally welcomed after regular mowing since spring, this is also the time of year that grass can begin to look a little worse for wear, and the main problem is thatch, which is the build-up of debris and dead grass that sits above the surface o

Dramatic lilies, big bold alliums, striking red tulips, delicate fragranced hyacinths and more can be planted in containers or directly into beds and borders between now and December to create a garden bursting with colour by the time spring arrives.

Peat free compost and biochar. What are the peat-free compost alternatives?