Using Milk Cartons To Plant Sweetcorn Repurposing & Reusing Repurposing milk cartons for gardening is an eco friendly and cost effective way to start your sweetcorn plants. These sturdy containers provide an excellent environment for seedlings, giving them enough space to grow long roots in before transplanting them into the garden. Preparing the Milk CartonsStartContinueContinue reading “Using Milk Cartons To Plant Sweetcorn”
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Building A Lawn Edging & Window Style Box With 1 Pallet
REPURPOSING & REUSING What Did We Do? Using 1 pallet we cut up the wood to make several usages, first some lawn edging, I say some because we have a large section to cover and will need maybe 3-4 more pallets to finish this off. Secondly we made a window style box that holds 22ContinueContinue reading “Building A Lawn Edging & Window Style Box With 1 Pallet”
Top 3 Things You Could Do To Support Earth Day & National Garden Week This Year?
GARDENING SUPPORTING OUR EARTH Top 3 things you could do this year in your outdoor space The Soil The Air The Bees No 1. The Soil Enrich your soil by adding nutrients back in. Lay some cardboard on your borders, mulch with leaves and grass cuttings. Work with nature at replenishing not removing. Give BackContinueContinue reading “Top 3 Things You Could Do To Support Earth Day & National Garden Week This Year?”
DIY: Cold Frame From A Bed, Pallets & Shower Curtains
DIY: Cold Frame From A Bed, Pallets & Shower Curtains This DIY project is all about sustainability, creativity and practical gardening. By repurposing a metal bed frame, scrap wood, old pallets, and used shower curtains, we’re building a cost effective cold frame to extend the growing season and protect plants from harsh weather., while usingContinueContinue reading “DIY: Cold Frame From A Bed, Pallets & Shower Curtains”
How To Propagate Cherry Laurel To Get Free Hedging
How To Propagate Cherry Laurel To Get Free Hedging Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is a popular evergreen shrub, prized for its dense foliage and ability to create natural privacy screens. Propagating cherry laurel is a cost effective way to expand your garden, and it can be done using either softwood or hardwood cuttings. Choosing theContinueContinue reading “How To Propagate Cherry Laurel To Get Free Hedging”
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023 Why Planting Fruit Trees First is Essential in Building a Food Forest When establishing a food forest, planting fruit trees first is a crucial step because they form the foundation of the ecosystem. A food forest is a layered, self sustaining system designed to mimic natural forests whileContinueContinue reading “Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023”
12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Usable Items For Your Garden
Month 9- September it’s Usable Items For Your Garden Background….. As when I decided to go Vegan back in 2013, I started with the food, gradually as I did the next shop I swapped over the milk and butter and cheese, we obviously stopped eating or buying any meat but finding substitutes didn’t happen overContinueContinue reading “12 Months: 12 Eco Changes. Making An Eco Swap Of Usable Items For Your Garden”
TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem
BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem Katrina from Cambridgeshire, England & Peter from Cape Town, South Africa and their children are a Vegan living family of 5 living in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 children aged 12-15. Their eldest Clayton who is Autistic and Non verbal is Home Educated by KatrinaContinueContinue reading “TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem”
Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed
You don’t need a huge space to start growing food and you don’t need a large space to start a food forest. Just start where you are & with what you have to move forward. Using the Permaculture Design Principles you can maximise your space to get the most from it. Source: familyfoodgarden.com The differentContinueContinue reading “Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed”
