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Fill a Christmas (or Winter Solstice) Stocking With WEEDS: .... Get a Signed Copy Direct From the Author – With FREE P&P!*
Weeding in the garden or allotment never stops, even in winter. But at this time of year we can ease back a bit, take stock, and run our fingers over the pages of some favourite gardening books, ...
How to Make Seed-filled Bombs That Bloom Into Flowers for Bees, Insects and Other Wildlife
Dropping bombs is the sweetest, most gentle kind of revenge we can take for the savage treatment of our flora-rich roadside verges. Our gardens are brimming with ripe seeds, so it’s time to ge...
Surprise Sale of Ryton Organic Gardens: A Revealing Email Sent to Garden Organic Volunteers on 1 February 2018
The organic gardening charity Garden Organic/GO (formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association/HDRA) recently put the entire Garden Organic site, including its long-established public demons...
It’s Time For Gardeners to Break Their Silence on Climate... in Our Gardens and Allotments Does Affect the World Around us
‘Keep quiet and grow on’ simply isn’t tenable any longer. What we do in our gardens does make a difference to the chaos of climate change – for better or for worse. By John Walker. Origi...
Add Water, Add Life: How to Make a Simple DIY Wildlife-attr...tment, Greenhouse or Polytunnel Using Free and Found Materials
Outdoors in a garden or allotment, or under cover in a greenhouse or polytunnel, adding even a small pond is the surest way to bring myriad wild life – and all its year-round benefits – into...
Wonderful Weeds: TEASEL – A Striking and Spiky Wild Plant...ies in Summer, then Seed-eating Birds During Autumn and Winter
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Other names: brushes and combs; Venus’ basin. Life cycle: Biennial Only treat teasel as a ‘weed’ if it interferes with your gardening as it has many positive bene...
Wonderful Weeds: CHICKWEED – A Sign of a Rich and Fertile...d Edible Wild Plant Can be Added to Your Salads All Year Round
Chickweed Stellaria media Other names: chickwittle, cluckenweed, mischievous Jack. Life cycle: Annual/ephemeral Dense green clumps of chickweed, up to 30cm (1ft) tall indicate rich, fertile soil...
Wonderful Weeds: BORAGE – A Prolific Self-seeding Plant W...p its Neighbours, But is a Big Hit With Bees and Other Insects
Borage Borago officinalis Life cycle: annual/biennial Grown as a herb, this prolific self-seeder has escaped in many gardens and should be treated as a weed, except for any plants which you want...
Wonderful Weeds: DANDELION – Let Some Wet-a-Beds Bloom to Provide Vital Food for Bees and Insects in Early Spring
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Other names: pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, blow balls Life cycle: perennial Dandelion’s deep taproot must be dug or forked out and older plants, with very deep roots, m...
Wonderful Weeds: HOGWEED or COW PARSNIP – A Big, Tall Wee...agnet for Bees, Hoverflies and Other Beneficial Garden Insects
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Other names: cow parsnip, keck, limberscrimps Life cycle: biennial/perennial Often seen on roadsides, this tough, taprooted weed can be difficult to remove if it get...