Amateur Gardening

Toby’s trivia

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Technicall­y, a small stone is anything bigger than 2mm in diameter. Any less than that, and it’s a grain of sand.

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Stones help the soil to warm up faster, as they have a lower specific heat capacity than wet earth. That makes them ideal for early crops and tender plants.

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