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Bees are buzzzzzing
This wonderful warm weather is great for bees – up early this morning buzzing around in my garden. The life of a bumble bee is quite appealing – diving into beautful scents, being dazzled by beautful flowers and rolling around in pollen – must put that on the after life list! Bees, butterflies and biodiversity [...]
Continue reading...New climate change gardening book
1. April 2011
If you enjoy reading about how gardeners adapt to climate change on this blog then check out this new book which has just published Gardening in a changing climate is written by Ambra Edwards: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardening-Changing-Climate-Ambra-Edwards/dp/1903141621/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301253153&sr=1-1-fkmr0
Continue reading...Compost matters
25. March 2011
BLOG NUMBER FOUR FOR CLIMATE WEEK Why is Composting Important? One of the simplest and most important things anyone can do is build their own compost to recycle bio-waste. Every time you peel vegetables, or scrape away certain leftovers, you are limiting organic matter from impacting on climate change. By compacting waste, and then reusing [...]
Continue reading...Climate Change Gardening
24. March 2011
BLOG THREE FOR CLIMATE WEEK Climate Change is already affecting our gardens and bringing new challenges to gardeners all over the UK. Here are some simple things you can do to help your garden deal with the UK’s even more unpredictable weather. C Choose drought tolerant plants such as geranium, lavender, thymes, sages, sedums, budlia, [...]
Continue reading...Care for drought loving plants
23. March 2011
BLOG TWO FOR CLIMATE WEEK: Drought tolerant plants are easy to care for in summer but how do they survive UK winters? Remember that hotter, longer summers and wetter shorter winters that are associated with climate change can be accompanied by very cold snaps – just like the UK experienced in the recent winters of 2009 [...]
Continue reading...Calling All International Gardeners!
5. March 2011
I am currently having some very interesting gardening experiences: 1. My kitchen window is still littered with seed packets.Every time I look into the garden it is cold, cloudy and miserable with a distinct lack of sunlight and warmth. Nothing tempts me outdoors to expose my beautiful tiny seedlings to the mixed delights of an [...]
Continue reading...Is newspaper toxic for my organic garden?
4. March 2011
Peter Kearney who founded City Food Growers near Brisbane, Australia has written this interesting blog about whether you should use newspaper in organic gardens. http://cityfoodgrowers.com.au/blog-latestposts.php?catid=104
Continue reading...How is the weather at your home?
1. March 2011
What does climate change actually mean for the weather in the region where you live? Could it be that you are going to see an increase in the number of damaging weather events? Or could the weather actually be getting nicer and bring exciting new opportunities for gardeners to expand the range of plants they [...]
Continue reading...Sustainable Sedum mats
22. February 2011
SedumPlus is a UK grown vegetation mat specifically designed for green roofs. It comprises a blend of sixteen stunning varieties of sedum plants to provide extended interest and colour throughout the growing season. Ideal for green roofs, sedums are drought tolerant and well suited to the often harsh growing conditions of a roof. They need [...]
Continue reading...Rooftop gardening helps combat climate change
11. February 2011
A recent RHS study has shown that rooftop gardening can help combat climate change by lowering surrounding air temperatures. RHS scientist, Tijana Blanusa, who undertook the RHS research, says: ‘With our climate getting warmer, gardeners will be playing an even more important part in helping reduce the effects.’ ‘Getting planting right in urban spaces, which can [...]
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