When Is The Best Time To Scatter Rotted Down Compost On My Garden? Now, Or In The Spring?

My soil is heavy clay and quite soggy at the moment!

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 11/11/2020 @ 2:28 pm

If you haven't applied it yet, you can still use it as a mulch for winter if you don't have any mulch down. It also will work down and help improve the soil before spring planting. (use as a top dressing; don't work it in if you have plants whose roots would be disturbed.)

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