As a gardener biochar is something I’ve heard about and wanted to experiment with for many years. What is it – why am I interested?
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At this time of year my garden doesn’t seem very productive and I can easily waste what little it has growing. That’s the worst kind of waste – growing something then not using it! The heads on the spouting broccoli…
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I wasn’t one of those who bought a 20kg bag of flour and started making bread and pasta through our first Lockdown but I have belatedly taken to it. As I post this we’ve gone to Level 3. Drats, even…
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I recently saw a post about making butter by shaking up cream in a jar. It made me wonder – if I used my tupperware cream whipper and just kept shaking it – would it turn to butter after the…
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This summer seems to have been the worst one for flies – everything from big blowies to those annoying ones that hang out in the middle of the room. I don’t like to spray too much (although we have been resorting…
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I’ve been in full swing making new garden beds. I’ve used bricks for alot of them and even made a wall with bricks that doubled as a bed. I read about hukelkulter where logs are used as the foundation for…
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Quick and simple garden structures – archway and garden protectors made from tubing
To make this archway and/or garden bed protector for free you need old building material or be prepared to scavenge at a build site. I’ve been waiting to plant my climbing rose for ages but hadn’t worked out what to…
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What to do with the kitchen scraps?
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