What Happened When I Stopped Mulching With Compost

Compost. It’s one of the most valuable resources a gardener has - but are we using it in the right way during winter?
In this video, I share what happened when I stopped mulching my beds with compost and started following what nature shows us every autumn: protecting soil with leaves, plant matter and other natural materials.

For over a decade, I mulched my garden beds with compost every autumn because that was the common advice here in the UK. But after years of observation, research, and a lot of questioning, I realised something important: compost isn’t the best winter mulch , and it may actually be wasted during the cold, wet months when nothing is growing.