Rootrainers, versatile plant growing cells
Whole heartedly recommend rootrainers for growing trees, shrubs and some vegetables. Initially expensive but do represent great value for money longterm.
Life in a compost heap – A bugs life (Part 1)
compost heaps are a complex life system teeming with millions of microbes and larger life
Butterfly friendly flower bed
Butterfly flower bed made from old pieces of wood, old hose pipe, dregs of paint tins and odds and sods lying around allotment
Feeling boxed in? Mother nature may have the key!!
Feeling boxed in? No wonder! Its amazing how boxes affect our lives. Read this and
try thinking outside of the box! Read my ecotherapy article!
Greenfinches & “Fat finch” disease (Trichomonosis)
Trichomonosis or fat finch disease has severely affected greenfinches visiting garden bird feeders and bird baths. Cleaning your birds feeders and offering birds fresh water daily can help
Using peat, coir and coconut fibres for gardening
Why do we import growing medium and worm bedding for wormeries from 1000’s miles away when we have our own here in the UK?
Onions and Rootrainers? They just grow together!!
Rootrainers are used to grow overwinter onion sets defeating blackbirds in pulling out the onion sets from the soil in their search for earthworms
What is Ecotherapy? – Its potential Benefits
There are health benefits to simply getting out into the great outdoors
Mulching-benefits for garden wildlife
using a compost mulch in your garden provides habitats useful to wildlife that live in or are attracted to your garden
Bumblebees – encouraging them into your garden
Different plants flower at different times. If you would like to encourage our friendly bumblebees into your garden, read more.