There’s something quite special about sharing your passion for gardening with the children, and they’re never too young to start. Baby Steps Even if only crawling, babies will love grabbing peas from shoots, playing with empty (clean) plant pots and staring at the flowers in wonder. However as they reach the walking age, and are […]
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Beat the Half Term Boredom by Gardening with the Children
Half term is fast approaching and as we all wonder why the children are afforded just so many holidays that it seems one break drifts into another, we’re thinking of ways to keep them occupied. Whether you’re a grandparent that will invariably be having the children at some point, or a keen gardening parent, there […]
Grow Your Own Italian Herbs
Grow Your Own Italian Herbs It’s no secret that we think the freshest ingredients are the best, our partnership with Family Mealtimes shows that, however laying your hands on great organic produce can be tricky. The supermarket versions of live herbs seem to last only a week on the window sill and the flavours are […]
How to Please Yourself While Pleasing the Children Too
Please Yourself While Pleasing the Children This last week I’ve been stepping out into the garden a lot more as the weather has become pleasantly warm. It’s no secret that I work 8-6 every weekday writing so when I do have any time off I’m usually surrounded by my three adorable children (*cough). This of […]
How to Make Money on Plants You Own
How to Make Money on Plants You Own One of the best advantages of gardening is that no matter what your budget you can enjoy it while enjoying an incredible return on your investment in plants. There are so many ways to make your plants go further so you don’t have to spend hundreds of […]
Inspiriation for Budding Gardeners at the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show
Step into a land of myth and folklore this year at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show, Tatton Park (22 – 26 July) as the popular School Gardens – in association with the Winsford Education Partnership – draw inspiration from British life, culture, and heritage. A stunning display of mini Show Gardens, created by […]
Ways to Help Protect our Bees
Bees and other pollinators are an essential part of our ecosystem, recently estimated to be worth over £650 million per year to the UK economy. Almost all plants and trees, including all the vegetables and fruits we eat, rely on bees and other insects to pollinate them. Honeybees are a key part of the British ecosystem […]
Make Growing your own Veg Simple with this Interactive Guide
Good to be Home, the digital magazine of Anglian Home Improvements, have produced an interactive vegetable growing guide that allows users to create a personalised guide based on where they live, what they want to grow and where they want to grow it. Growing your own veg is simple when you know how! You can […]
Natural Ways to Boost your Blooms
In a wildflower garden, there are many advantages where fertilizer is concerned. A wildflower garden should ideally be a haven for attracting wildlife, be it bees, butterflies, birds, or even the larger mammals such as badgers, squirrels and foxes. They will love happening across a seemingly natural habitat and if you get it right they’ll […]
How to Rear Your Own Turkeys
How to Rear Your Own Turkeys By Martina Mercer A month ago we invested in lavender ducks and chickens for our small holding as although we’d kept hundreds of birds before, we’d had a break of a few years and so wanted to start again small. Instead of the incredible layers of Aylesbury ducks or the […]