Getting Ready for Snow

It’s important to be ready for the snow before it comes as anything snow related can quickly sell out or go up in price once the white stuff arrives.  Rock salt or grit can be used to keep footpaths safe, but there are possible side effects for your garden plants and the environment if there [...]

2011 TGF Xmas Gift List: Day 14

For the gardeners in the family, Swings & Other Pretty Things have this Gardener’s Tin Gift Set available.  It’s a large practical tin full of things to help you grow great vegetables. The kit contains: recycled starter pots mini & large wooden labels pencil 50g twine assorted seed collecting envelopes large wooden dibber cotton gloves [...]

Homes for Wildlife – The 10% Challenge with Jordans Cereals

Creating homes for birds, bees and butterflies is vital to the UK’s delicate ecosystem. With this ethos in mind Jordans have issued a challenge to gardeners in Britain to follow the example set by their farmers and make at least 10% of their gardens into homes for wildlife.

Guest Post: Managing Fallen Leaves: Bag, Compost or Mulch?

Autumn always arrives in style — the air becomes cooler, the landscape changes color from lush green to bright gold and red. And while we might enjoy the scenery and the pleasant weather, fallen leaves are something of a downside to the season. So how should you deal with the fallen remainders of spring? Should [...]

Guest Post: An Autumn Veggie Patch that will feed you all winter

Although it’s quite sorrowful as summer fades away and we pick the best of the crops from the autumn vegetable plot or allotment, there’s something quite comforting about stocking up for our winter hibernation and taking our remaining fruit and vegetables and turning them into preserves, wines, chutneys, or just simply blanching and freezing them [...]

Guest Post: Becoming a Green Collar Worker

If you’re more likely to be found pawing around in the soil in your garden than stuck indoors during your downtime then a job in gardening could be your calling in life. A job in gardening can be extremely rewarding for green fingered workers who love the outdoors, where you will spend the majority of [...]

Greener by Nature at the Fireside

It’s starting to get colder now, the nights are drawing in and if you’re lucky enough to have an open fire at home, you may be thinking of lighting a fire soon.  I’ve come across some lovely accessories which would grace any fireplace. Greener by Nature have a great Recycled Tyre Storage Tub which would [...]

Allotment Update: End of an Era

Last time I updated you on our allotment, we were at the height of the picking season with harvests in full flow.  We’ve been getting a steady flow of vegetables over the summer and have bought very little in the way of fresh vegetables. Big wins this year include carrots which we’ve successfully grown for [...]

Guest Post: Take 5 steps towards a bird-friendly garden

Inviting wildlife into your garden is not just great fun. In these days of shrinking habitats and heavy agrochemical use, small songbirds need all the help they can get and turning your back yard into a haven can make a small but significant difference. You don’t have to tear up the whole thing and start [...]

Scarecrow Making Kits

This time of year is a perfect time to make scarecrows to protect your vegetable patch or just for decoration. You could make your own from old clothes, but sometimes it’s easier to buy a kit rather than hunt around for materials. I’ve seen this fab kit from Hen & Hammock. Each kit includes: 2 [...]

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