Get Weekly Blogs Straight To Your Inbox What To Sow This Winter To Spring For Natural Pest Control This Summer Companion Planting for Wildlife and Pest Control Planning your garden in Winter ensures a head start on supporting wildlife in Summer. Companion planting, a permaculture favourite is a particularly effective way to achieve this. CompanionContinueContinue reading “What To Sow This Winter To Spring For Natural Pest Control This Summer”
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Creative Ways to Repurpose Household Items for Seed Sowing
Get Weekly Blogs Straight To Your Inbox Creative Ways to Repurpose Household Items for Seed Sowing Embracing the Permaculture Principle No 6 Produce No WastePermaculture is all about working with nature, not against it. A core tenet of this sustainable lifestyle is the no-waste principle, which encourages us to rethink what we consider “rubbish.” Every itemContinueContinue reading “Creative Ways to Repurpose Household Items for Seed Sowing”
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Social Media Reels (July-Sept 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 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)”
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)”
DIY: Using Old Wine Barrels As Planters In The Garden
DIY: Using Old Wine Barrels As Planters Recycle, Reuse and Repurpose To Transform Old Half Wine Barrels into Garden Planters Repurposing old half wine barrels as planters is a fantastic way to add charm and growing space to your garden. Ideal for smaller spaces or for rented homes where you don’t want anything permanent. YouContinueContinue reading “DIY: Using Old Wine Barrels As Planters In The Garden”
Science Experiment: Does 100% Home Compostable Items Actually Compost?
Science Experiment: Does 100% Home Compostable Items Actually Compost? What is 100% Compostable and can you really “just bury it” in your back garden? July 1 – July 31 Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution so we can have cleaner streets,ContinueContinue reading “Science Experiment: Does 100% Home Compostable Items Actually Compost?”
Living Mulch You Can Eat: Strawberries as Ground Cover
Living Mulch You Can Eat: Strawberries as Ground Cover Permaculture Approach to Using Strawberries as Ground Cover In permaculture, every element of the garden has multiple functions, creating a system that is self-sustaining, resilient, and efficient. Using strawberries as ground cover is a fantastic way to incorporate these principles, offering a variety of benefits toContinueContinue reading “Living Mulch You Can Eat: Strawberries as Ground Cover”
Summer Garden: Creating a Pollinator Friendly Garden
Creating a Pollinator Friendly Garden As summer blooms across the UK, our gardens become vibrant havens of colour and life. One of the most rewarding aspects of gardening is creating an environment that attracts and supports pollinators like bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. These pollinators are essential for the health of our ecosystems, helpingContinueContinue reading “Summer Garden: Creating a Pollinator Friendly Garden”
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?”
