I was given a couple of books for Christmas about soil. I read the fun-looking one a while ago but left the more serious one, Teaming with Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis , and have only ju...

I am one of those people who does not like to spend too long in the kitchen preparing food to store it and would rather explore how I can grow and harvest crops throughout the year. I have managed thi...

I am a little obsessed with compost because I can never make enough. To help, I sometimes have manure from Bruce delivered but it is so much work because, like everyone near me, you can't get a vehicl...

Solidago seed head It had been a quiet month on the wildlife plot until I decided to coppice the hazels! There are about 8 or 9 large clumps behind the shed and behind Gorfin Hall. Normally if you hav...