The Shrewd Gardener

For Clever Gardeners Everywhere

BBC – Brief history of climate change

Courtesy of the BBC is a potted history of climate change. Naturally this is the anthropogenic timeline and there is far more to the subject, for this it is important to look at the science of the subject. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | A brief history of climate change.

BBC’s Ethical Man looks at how the way we eat can change the world

Justin Rowlatt is a BBC journalist who was assigned the task of finding out the links between our diets and the effect we have on the world around us in this blog post http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ethicalman/2009/11/a_diet_to_save_the_world.html It’s interesting, though not highly scientific, and it does make a few of the links that we often miss when thinking [...]

Why the Copenhagen Summit is important

Between 7th and 18th December 2009 delegations from 192 countries who are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be gathering to further the discussion and initiatives first laid out in the Kyoto Protocol. The purpose of the meeting is to make a new treaty on climate change, it is [...]

November Sunset

Walking across Clissold Park this afternoon  I was struck by the sun shining through the Autumnal (Fall)  skeletons of the trees. So I took a pic, with my phone so it isn’t necessarily super super quality.

Your gardening questions and answers

It’s great knowing some stuff about gardening but there are times when you need to track down an elusive answer, ask a difficult question or even get the opinion of other gardeners to help make a decision. I’ve just started a forum where you can join up and ask or answer questions or if you’re [...]

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    This is where I blog about my interest in gardening and ecology. There is always something to do in the garden all year round and as we have an inner city garden the tasks are a little different to rural spaces.

    I work as a software developer now but a few years ago I had my own gardening design and construction business.

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