Finding Christmas joy in the Growing Media chart continues to prove a challenge, with week-on-week volumes falling back yet again, this time by more than 17%.
However, the 3.2% increase on the year to date compared to 2012 is a chink of cheer - until you see that we’re still 14.5% behind the 2011 figure. However serious gardeners are helping to keep compost department sales ticking over, as we can see from the sales of Westland West+ Multi-Purpose with 4-month Feed, up 19 places to No.11 and the same company’s 60L soil conditioner, which enjoyed a 12-place hop up the table.