Gardeners have long been ditching chemical pesticides, fertilisers and different types of compost in an effort to go organic – but how eco-friendly are these methods?
“’Organic’ is quite a poorly defined word in gardening products,” says Dr Anton Rosenfeld, research manager at charity Garden Organic. “It could even mean a bag of something that contains organic matter. However, usually it does refer to things that have been produced using sustainable methods.”
