a sea of horsetail and bindweedI’ve been out spending time in our much-neglected garden today. I must admit a deepening sense of defeat at times with our horsetail-ridden clay bed.
A week ago the soil was still too wet to handle and today it was baked and cracked. I have nothing in the beds except weeds […]
The Tao of weeding
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Eco Gardening
Compost Awareness Week Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th May
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
make your own compost - nutritious fertiliser for free!Compost awareness week, in association with WRAP and The Composing Association runs from Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th May. This is one of the first steps to self sufficiency and something I am particularly passionate about.
Tags: Eco Gardening
Teaching children about the environment - five tips
April 16th, 2008 · 9 Comments
using water gathered in a water butt to save waterLittle Miss Green asked me what global warming was yesterday. It was something she heard me mention in a conversation with somebody else.
She knows that Mother Nature doesn’t like us to cut down trees unnecessarily, leave rubbish lying around, or put too many things in the […]
Tags: Green Parenting
A natural, safe, environmentally friendly treatment for potato blight using horsetail instead of copper sulphate
January 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
According to recent news reports, a record 30% of organic potato farmers asked for special permission from the Soil Association to use large amounts of copper sulphate pesticides to prevent potato blight. No one really knows whether this is an eco friendly, safe and sustainable way to treat blight so what is the alternative?
Tags: Eco Gardening
