From wildflower meadow to compost

From wildflower meadow to compost

From wildflower meadow to compost using the HOTBIN I have been making compost since the mid-1980s and yes I absolutely love it. From composting flowers disposed of by a local crematorium that otherwise went to landfill to making compost from vegetables and weeds at...
Birchwood Fire Station -Raised Bed No Dig Gardening and Hugelkulture

Birchwood Fire Station -Raised Bed No Dig Gardening and Hugelkulture

Birchwood Fire Station Raised Beds A few years ago I was asked to advise firemen at Birchwood Fire Brigade Station as they wished to grow organic vegetables and invite local schools to tend the crops. When I visited I noticed that they had been pruning and cutting the...
How to make Garden Compost talk Risley Moss

How to make Garden Compost talk Risley Moss

George Pilkinton of Nurturing Nature; How to Make Garden Compost Sunday 24th September                                11:00pm to 12:30pm Making Garden Compost is like making a cake! You need the right ingredients, an ‘oven’, the right amounts, mix and away...
WasteBuster wormery with flowers, a bumblebee and a butterfly

WasteBuster wormery with flowers, a bumblebee and a butterfly

Bumblebee, butterfly and flowers. What have they to do with a WasteBuster wormery? From this…… This was a team effort by pupils and staff at Lyminge School in Kent – the children came up with the designs. The adults then drew them onto the wormery...
Video Organic Raised No Dig Beds Hugelkultur style improves soil

Video Organic Raised No Dig Beds Hugelkultur style improves soil

The magic of woodchips and earthworms in your vegetable beds I was prompted to write this article as I have so much information, experiences and photographs, just sitting on my Mac not being of use to anyone! Then I saw this Tweet and read “Agroforestry and...