Fallen leaves, conkers and acorns might be the first things that spring to mind when thinking about autumn, there's another natural material that's worth collecting on your next walk: pine cones.
Rather than simply sweeping them up or leaving them scattered beneath trees, some gardeners are employing a genius budget garden hack and putting pine cones to good use in their container gardens , but why? And how can we reap the benefits of this common woodland walk find for ourselves?
Pine cones have long been cited as the secret to a cat-free garden , but there's more to it than just that. In fact, as temperatures drop and rainfall increases, pots…
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