If you are planting a new garden (either to grow your own food and herbs or flowers), then try to find better quality seeds. Most shops sell F1 hybrid seeds, which means that unlike when you were a child and saved the seeds to use the next year, today the seeds are designed to not…
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How to Remove Weeds (naturally)
Grampa’s Weeder A huge amount of profits from big garden centres is on chemicals and fertilisers that have very harmful effects to both humans and animals (pets and wildlife). Did you know that dogs have a much higher rate of bladder cancer, if they are near a garden that uses pesticides (even from neighbours)? Here…
Why (and how) to Plant More Trees
Trees are one of the best ways to prevent climate change, as they take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. Millions of trees have been destroyed in rainforests and to provide wood and paper (although you can make paper from post-consumer waste or hemp – which makes wonderful non-acid paper that never yellows). Whether…
How to Grow Food On Your Roof
Obviously not everyone can do this. But many people who don’t have outdoor space, can easily grow their own veggies on their roof. Manchester’s Unicorn Grocery does not grow food, but became the first commercial building in England to have a living roof, which provides habitat for the black redstart, a bird more endangered than…
A Beginner’s Guide to Composting Toilets
Wonder how to use composting toilets? If you think they sound disgusting, they are not, if done well. Obviously they are not for everyone. But they can be good for allotments and other areas like for camping, and boats. Removing the water is actually what can if done well, remove the usual ‘toilet smells’ that…