You don’t have to spend a fortune on expensive hanging basket liners. With a little creativity, you can save a money and create and impressive display in your garden.
The Eco Garden
Garden Flowers for the Bees
Bees are in decline in most countries around the world. As gardeners, what flowers can we grow to encourage these important insects?
Wild Flower Garden Seeds
Growing wild flowers on an unyielding patch of ground can be surprisingly fruitful. A compiled list of great wild flowers to grow from seed in your garden this year.
Snail Predator Song Thrush & The UK
Encouraging more wildlife into our gardens can’t be a bad thing. Many species of birds, including the song thrush, insects and other animals will happily devour many of the pests that we usually radicate using pesticedes and other nasties.
Hedgehog – Natural Slug Control
Encourage hedgehogs in your own garden. Not only will they add interest and give them a helping hand, but will also act as a natural pest control.
Wildlife Garden
Sadenned by the destruction of the UK’s natural habits? Here are just a few methods for encouraging more wildlife into your garden.
Composting with worms
In these days of heightened environmental awareness, it is no wonder that more and more of us are making our own compost. Worm Bins – perfect for the small or non-existant garden.
Food Shortages! Grow your own
We will increasingly need to fend for ourselves in an overcrowded future. Make the most of your garden, window box or roof terrace – grow your own!
Natural Pest Control
We are all becoming increasingly worried about the effects of the agricultural chemicals on our food crops. Here are some natural solutions.
Compost Tumblers
Produce compost in about three weeks! Rapid compost production with a compost tumbler.
Composting with Worms
You have no-doubt heard of the benefits of using earth worms to help break down green waste and convert it to superb compost. Worms are great allies for the gardener – in fact, if all worms on the planet died (as with bees), life as we know it would cease.
Easy and quick composting
You can never have too much compost. Organic materials mixed into your soil will improve structure, balance drainage and increase nutrients. Bacteria and other friendly soil dwelling creatures such as earth worms will also benefit from compost as a mulch (left on the surface), or partially dug-in.
Bug box for bees, ladybirds & lacewings
In order to win the battle of the pest, we need to become a regular ‘Bill Oddie’. Build a bug a home.