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 […]
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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 […]
Jobs We May Have Missed this Spring
What We’ve Missed with an Extended Winter Usually by February I’m dashing outside ready to take in the limited sunshine. In previous years, occasionally, February has thrown up some unseasonal days where the sun has shone brightly leaving gardeners feeling pretty smug. Unfortunately this didn’t happen this year and just as we thought it was […]