We haven’t started growing much food in our garden yet (I will replace the header photo once we are!), we’re still sorting out the bones of the back garden paving where we want paved and removing some rotten decking! Eventually, it will be ready so I’ve started thinking about what to grow. From conversations there … Read more
We wanted to reduce the amount of food waste was being sent to landfill, which – with a baby led weaned child isn’t easy. We got this Twin Pack Bokashi Compost Bin from Ethical Supermarket which offered the perfect solution for us.
Remember me telling you about how we tried two ways to make a meadow lawn in part one? Well, numpty here decided while we wait for the seeds to take it would be a good idea to turf over them to protect them and provide some greenery.
I first thought about creating a wild garden in some form after reading the appropriately named “Wilding” by Isabella Tree. I immediately started thinking of things to do which would introduce wild elements to the small gardens we have. Now, you may have seen a bunch in the news about lynx being reintroduced to Scotland … Read more
Nearly all the wildflower meadows in the UK have been lost through agriculture. And the pursuit of neat trimmed grass leaves very little habitat that would otherwise be a hum of life and colour.