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Winter ends in a month – hurray!
Anyone feel like the dark days and miserable weather is going on forever in the UK? What we need now is a burst of bright sun instead of rain and cloud to inspire creativity and action in the garden. Officially, there is still another month to go before winter ends: “Astronomically, the winter solstice, being […]
Continue reading...Treehugger catches US rainwater story
18. February 2011
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One of the best green blogs is produced by Treehugger which is the leading US media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. You can always find find an interesting story. Like this one about how California is trying to use all the water it has to cope with a growing population and water sources maxed […]
Continue reading...How green is Jamie Oliver?
16. February 2011
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Great to know that celebrities like Jamie Oliver are doing their bit to encourage us Brits to reduce food miles by growing our own food. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8303479/Jamie-Oliver-to-sprinkle-his-magic-on-Homebase.html Such a pity that Mr Oliver did not check where his range of gardening products are being sourced from .The low carbon benefits of grow your own are maybe […]
Continue reading...Visit Woods.org.uk
15. February 2011
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VisitWoods.org.uk has just been launched to bring together all of the UK’s known publicly accessible woods – 14,000 woodlands in all. The £2.1 million project enables people to find their nearest accessible wood and directions to it. Visitors keen to share their experience can attribute various features and facilities to the woods they have visited, […]
Continue reading...Valentines Roses threaten Kenya
14. February 2011
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Consumer appetite for cut-price Kenyan roses for Valentine’s Day is “bleeding the country dry” by threatening the region’s precarious ecology. Seventy per cent of roses sold in European supermarkets come from Kenya, most from Naivasha. UK supermarkets are being asked to show more concern about the health of the environment that the flowers come from. […]
Continue reading...Saving Seeds for next Green Revolution
10. February 2011
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“Suddenly plant breeding is sexy. In recent months, soaring prices of food, coupled with fears of runaway climate change, have brought calls for a renaissance in agricultural research — to boost crop yields and deliver new varieties that can stand the heat and drought of a greenhouse world. The world needs a repeat of the […]
Continue reading...Spinach shows its true colours
8. February 2011
If you are pondering the delights of growing spinach in your garden this year than you might be interested to know about an exciting development concerning this popular plant. Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have confirmed a system for converting visible light into hydrogen fuel based on using sunlight and spinach. […]
Continue reading...My Seedy Sunday
6. February 2011
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Saving and swapping seeds took on a whole new meaning for me today after spending a couple of hours at Seedy Sunday which took place in Hove Town Hall, East Sussex. This is where the campaign to protect our seed varieties originally began in the UK some 10 years ago and which I can report […]
Continue reading...Channel 4 on climate change gardening
5. February 2011
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The face of Channel 4 News, RHS member Jon Snow, has reported on the changing climate many times, so is in a good position to make his own judgement on the issue. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Sustainable-gardening/Gardening-in-a-changing-climate/Current-Situation I am sure there would be great interest in a TV programme about how the changing climate is affecting our gardens .Maybe […]
Continue reading...UKs first climate week 21-27 March 2011
3. February 2011
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Climate Week is a new national event that aims to showcase the many positive steps being taken to combat climate change and inspire more. http://www.climateweek.com/about-us/faqs/
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20. February 2011
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