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 [...]
The ideal is to be able to make one’s own lovely compost to feed the garden. This isn’t always so straightforward as you need to get the proportions right and get the correct micro-organisms to help you.
Composting is a complex process where different families of microbes get their nutrients from the contents of the compost [...]
It’s the last day of August and we’re visiting the walled garden at Wrington, a small village off the A38 and about ten minutes from Bristol airport.
It was a bit tricky to find as all the signs you need are visible from the Bristol side and not from the approach from the South.
We went originally [...]
Herbal pesticides have been in use for thousands of years. Plants and herbs also have many medicinal uses and form an essential part of our every day lives.
* Euphorbia. It is a fascinating plant to grow and does well in poor ground. However, the sap is photo active. This means that if it gets on the skin and is exposed to sunlight it can cause burns.
* Rue Ruta graveolens is an unusual low growing evergreen herb with unusual lobed leaves. It has [...]
You can be a shrewd gardener in many ways but what underpins it is knowledge and what to to with that knowledge.
You may be an indoor gardener, which I’ll confess now I’m not. You may be a greenhouse gardener or a vegetable gardener or a bonsai gardener.
Even if you specialise you still need to know [...]