Sustainable living, nature, gardening, rewilding, history
Is it possible to garden in harmony with nature, without chemicals and exhausting work? A natural organic garden that is beautiful, enjoyable and does not
What flowers produce the largest quantities of nectar? Flowers rich in nectar provide food for pollinators, such as honeybees, bumble bees, moths and butterflies. Since
Green manures are plants grown to improve the condition of the soil and to protect crops. In organic farming and gardening it is an important
All, even the richest soils can degrade with intensive use, such as growing and harvesting vegetables, fruit and flowers. Maintaining fertility of the soil is
As children we learn that nettle stings and tend to think of it as an enemy. In reality it is a very good friend –
Violets had a truly amazing and very strange role in the life of the French Empress Joséphine and her husband Napoleon Bonaparte. They became a
Forget-me-not is a truly beautiful flower with petals of the colour of the sky on a sunny day and a bright yellow centre that looks
As the damage from the use of pesticides to both the environment and human health becomes better known, farmers and gardeners increasingly turn to organic
Weed is a word with a strongly negative meaning – traditional farmers and gardeners know how much harm weeds do to cultivated crops. But in
Many wild flowers have powerful medicinal properties. For thousands of years they have been used successfully not just to increase wellbeing, but to treat most
