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Tag: Eco-friendly gardening
Three Sisters Vegetable Gardening
We have all heard by now of the benefits of good companion planting and the result that can be achieved from using a harmonious, inter-cropping system. The correct kind of companion planting may yield a stronger, healthier crop as well reduce labour, as some plants can be used to suppress weeds or even improve soil quality. Introducing the Three Sisters!
Growing vegetables in a small garden
Here are just a few suggestions of varieties of vegetables that you can easily grow in a small 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?
Potash for healthy growth
The importance of Potash in plant growth in your garden. Encourage larger, more colourful flowers and healthier and tastier fruit!
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.
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.
Sedums – Low maintenance plants
For low maintenance, easy growers – you can’t beat Sedums. A few ideas for growing these succulent perennial plants.
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.
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.
The Natural Gardener
I am of the view that anyone who despises gardening, gets no pleasure from watching things grow, or doesn’t enjoy relaxing in the midst of sweet smelling flowers and healthy green vegetation somehow has lost touch with who and what they are.
Automatic Irrigation System
A lot can go wrong during a warm summer within a matter of days!A handy little irrigation system that will water my plants on 1-3 times a day, 7 days a week automatically.
Compost Tumblers
Produce compost in about three weeks! Rapid compost production with a compost tumbler.
British Wild Flowers
Many of our most loved British wild flowers are under threat due to modern farming practises (pesticides, fertiliser, hedgerow removal), housing development, poor management of our countryside and the explosion in decking, driveways and brick paving. So, should we care less?
Sleeping problems – natural remedies
For those of us unlucky enough to suffer from broken sleep, we will think nothing of popping down to the local chemist for a chemical remedy. Well, there is a great natural remedy that any of us can try and produce for free.
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.