Gardena 330 Classic Hand Mower Manual mowers are free to use, quiet and non-polluting and very effective, as they slice grass (like a pair of scissors) rather than tear the grass ‘helicopter-style’ like rotary mowers. If you are fit and only have a smallish lawn, good manual mowers can even give beautiful stripes, good enough…
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get children interested in trees
image Trees are wonderful ‘living statues’ that help to reverse climate change (by giving out oxygen and taking in carbon dioxide), give homes to wildlife, provide free food (fruit, nuts) and reduce heat island effect (cool temperatures in cities). Yet many children know more about reality TV stars than trees on their own doorstep in…
why bats are brilliant (not scary)
image Bats are our only flying mammals. They don’t suck your blood, land in your hair (and rarely give anyone rabies – the only people at risk are bat rescuers who are aware, and wear gloves). Bats are not blind, but don’t have good eyesight. So they navigate by echo-location, which is a pretty cool…
donate apples (get free cider!)
Apples are England’s most wasted fruit, with 2.5 million apples going to waste each year (Hawkes’ two degrees of apple theory says that ‘everyone knows someone who has an apple tree not being harvested). So donating unwanted apples to make cider, seems like a great idea! Apples donated must be without chemical sprays and handpicked…