by [email protected] | Oct 18, 2018 | In the Garden
With so many garden tools to choose from, how do you know which are going to be the best for your garden? It is so tempting to buy multiple tools, which subsequently are not the right ones for the job and don’t get used. I have a cupboard of these to prove it....
by [email protected] | Oct 15, 2018 | In the Garden
My brother has a small courtyard garden that gets a little sun. Like I, he was brought up with a love of growing vegetables and herbs and being surrounded by beautiful flowering plants through the seasons. He has spent a lot of time designing his space to get the...
by [email protected] | Oct 8, 2018 | In the Garden, Kids Garden Activities
Soil testing is a way you can get to know your soil a bit better before you grow your plants. Organic gardening is all about working with nature to ensure your garden is free of chemicals and pesticides. One of the key principles of organic gardening is to ensure your...
by [email protected] | Oct 5, 2018 | In the Garden, Kids Garden Activities
There are lots of different options out there to raise seedlings and to be honest, I think I’ve tried them all. You can use egg cartons, toilet rolls, existing seedling containers or even recycle some of your containers from the kitchen. The thing I like the...
by [email protected] | Oct 3, 2018 | In the Garden
As I get older, I find some of the things I used to be able to do, I struggle with now. I didn’t use to think about getting up or down and how that affected my knees. I remember kneeling for long periods of time as I bathed my babies, scrubbing floors or spending time...
by [email protected] | Sep 24, 2018 | Family Outdoors, In the Garden
Vermihut Worm Farm When I first started looking at worm farms, I thought they would be really difficult to look after. How wrong I was. The Vermihut Worm Farm is such a great unit and easy enough for kids to assemble. Worm farms are considered a ‘cool’ system which...
