BBC Gardener’s World Magazine Social Media Reels BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine: Garden inspiration and advice from the UK’s No.1 gardening magazine and website Clayton and I have been busy showing you what we got up to across our garden including activities, harvesting, reusing and adaptable techniques we use. This is what we got up toContinueContinue reading “BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Social Media Reels (July-Sept 2024)”
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Boost Soil Health with Green Manure As A Cover Crop Over Winter
Boost Soil Health with Green Manure As A Cover Crop Over Winter As well as using Strawberries As Ground Cover we use Green manure, also known as cover crops, across the Autumn and Winter months, this plays an essential role in sustainable gardening practices, particularly in winter. These crops help prevent soil erosion, suppress weeds, improveContinueContinue reading “Boost Soil Health with Green Manure As A Cover Crop Over Winter”
Pruning Lavender: Tips for a Healthier, Bushier Plant
Pruning Lavender: Tips for a Healthier, Bushier Plant We write about our lavender hedge a lot, from growing from seed, how we keep the ground weed and maintenance free and what we do with the flowers. Read more in our blog posts about lavender:GROWING LAVENDER FROM SEED: Grow Your Own Lavender Hedge From Seed For PenniesLAVENDERContinueContinue reading “Pruning Lavender: Tips for a Healthier, Bushier Plant”
Practical & Creative Ways To Use Fallen Leaves Around Your Garden
Practical & Creative Ways To Use Fallen Leaves Around Your Garden Using leaves in your garden is highly beneficial. In nature, fallen leaves are an essential part of the forest floor, returning nutrients to the soil and providing habitat for organisms. By mimicking this natural process, you create a sustainable and resilient garden system. WhyContinueContinue reading “Practical & Creative Ways To Use Fallen Leaves Around Your Garden”
Grow Your Own Lavender Hedge From Seed For Pennies
Grow Your Own Lavender Hedge From Seed For Pennies Growing A Lavender Hedge From Seed OK….so it’s way easier to just propagate lavender, but I didn’t know that when I bought the seeds during lockdown. This is how we created our lavender hedge from seed. From 300 seeds grown on window sills around the houseContinueContinue reading “Grow Your Own Lavender Hedge From Seed For Pennies”
Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening
Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening Building A Guild We spent a lot of time designing this area based on Permaculture Design, making sure they were in the best position of the sun, wind and rain. We built most of the plants into a guild. In permaculture design this involves creating a communityContinueContinue reading “Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening”
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Social Media Reels (May 2024)
BBC Gardener’s World Magazine Social Media Reels BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine: Garden inspiration and advice from the UK’s No.1 gardening magazine and website Clayton and I have been busy showing you what we get up to across our garden including activities, harvesting, reusing and adaptable techniques we use. Look out for more to come acrossContinueContinue reading “BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Social Media Reels (May 2024)”
Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More
Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More Designing Our Berry Garden with Permaculture Principles We spent a lot of time designing this area, not just planting randomly, but really thinking about how the space would function as a whole. Our goal was to create a garden that wasn’t justContinueContinue reading “Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More”
What Bug Spray Do You Use?
I asked across Social Media this week, what bug spray do you use? Here is a round up of all the recommendations (I have no affiliation with any of these products, just recommendations from followers) As a family we are vegan and we only use vegan, non toxic products which do not have parabens, PEG’sContinueContinue reading “What Bug Spray Do You Use?”
