Creating a Wildlife Friendly Veg Garden
Lots of ideas here from the Wildlife Trust for ensuring your veg garden/allotment plot is wildlife friendly. How to grow a wildlife-...
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SHC
- Oct 27
- 1 min
Bee Saver Kit
Now available from Friends of the Earth, ideal as an affordable Christmas Present for adults and children alike :
SHC
- Sep 12
- 1 min
A Place To Grow
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) are organising a series of community events as part of their Net Zero project. They are joining up...
Julie Fagan
- Aug 24
- 3 min
Weeds - the New Garden Heroes
If hero plants, one of the new names for weeds, plus insects, birds and hedgehogs could speak, how many marks out of 10 would they give...
SHC
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
Bees Needs Week 2022
Bees and other pollinators are an essential part of our environment and play a crucial role in food production. Did you know they...
SHC
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
A Chance to Learn More About Composting
Maybe you have been enthused by our series of blogs and posts to celebrate Compost Awareness Week, and would like to find out more? So...
judy4959
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Peat Free Gardening
Some good tips here making the transition to peat free gardening. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-go-peat-free?utm_source=Wild...
judy4959
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Compost Awareness Week
International Compost awareness week runs from 2nd to 8th May this year. The annual event is coordinated by the Compost Foundation which...
Sarah
- May 1, 2021
- 1 min
Feed the Bees!
Bees are really having a tough time of it - if you have a garden or green space available then see what you can do to make it more...
judy4959
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Organic Gardening - Avoid Harmful Chemicals
For many gardeners, this may be the trickiest principle to follow, as it is so easy to just buy a pesticide or weedkiller to solve a...
harboroughgreendir
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Organic Gardening - Use Resources Responsibly
The 3Rs of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, have now be expanded by some to 7Rs - Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Repair, Reuse, Rot, and Recycle!...
harboroughgreendir
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Organic Gardening - Encourage Biodiversity
A healthy organic garden should be a diverse one. Growing a variety of flowers, vegetable, shrubs and trees will mean you have a variety...
harboroughgreendir
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Organic Gardening - Build and Maintain Soil Health
Feed The Soil, Not The Plants To grow healthy plants, whether ornamental or edible, you need a healthy soil. Like humans, plants need...
harboroughgreendir
- Apr 3, 2021
- 1 min
Organic Gardening
Whether you have a small balcony or patio, a family garden, an allotment or a rolling parkland to look after, most of us will have the...
SHC
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Peat Free Gardening (8)
And finally, here's a summary of what we have covered ....... PFG (1) - Introduction PFG (2) - Why we should all use peat free compost...
SHC
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Peat Free Gardening (7)
What else can you do? So, you've realised that peat free compost is the way to go, you have stocked up on peat free compost from a local...
SHC
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Peat Free Gardening (6)
What is the government doing? In 2011 the government published a White Paper with voluntary targets for the end of peat use in...
SHC
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Peat Free Gardening (5)
How to use Peat Free Compost Peat has been such a useful component of our garden compost mixes over the years, but now we know better!...
SHC
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
Peat Free Gardening (4)
Peat free products are available in all of our local garden centres. However, availability may vary from week to week, so if you are...
SHC
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Peat Free Gardening (3)
So what do you get in peat free compost instead of peat? This will vary from product to product, but these are some of the ingredients...
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