Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
Three easy herbs to grow
To support Garden Organic’s One Pot Pledge, I want to share three delicious and easy-to-grow herbs with you! Even if you are without a garden, all you need is a sunny spot – a porch, windowsill or window box will do – and some free draining soil to enjoy the benefits of fresh food. Potted…
Read MoreHoney bees in decline
To finish our celebration of National Honey week, it’s time to think about the furry workers who make the honey for us! So far we’ve looked at the amazing healing powers of manuka honey, looked at honey as a natural remedy for hayfever, learned how to use honey in our beauty routine and seen how…
Read MoreThe Tao of weeding
I’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 and some potatoes that…
Read MoreCompost Awareness Week Sunday 4th to Saturday 10th May
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.
Read MoreTeaching children about the environment – five tips
Little 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 landfill, but I guess she didn’t actually know…
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