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 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...
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...
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...
Composting Presentation to Manchester Organic Gardeners I had a busy day on Sat 9th April having just given a Wildlife Gardening presentation for Grow Wild at Prestatyn in the morning, I was off to give another presentation this time about making garden compost in the...
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...
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