We’ve been growing our dahlias from tubers since March, and this week we finally got to plant them in our new cut flower raised bed. All of the tubers were…

Buoyed on by our recent nettle beer experiment, I finally took the plunge and purchased the ingredients to brew our own sustainable beer. Preferring lighter, fresher flavours over the summer,…

The weather this year has been unstable, overcast, wet and cold. As the weather finally starts to improve and temperatures start to rise, it’s a good time to look at…

Last year, we used the nettles in our field to make nettle soup (which was really tasty) and to make nettle tea (a natural fertiliser). This year, we’re still making…

We have two cats: Olive (a female British Shorthair) and Leopold (a male domestic shorthair). Olive is a bit of dustbin and also has a sensitive tummy, while Leopold is…

Building raised beds is a creative and fun project, but when they’re built they need to be filled with soil. Given the wet weather we’ve had so far in May,…

My inspiration for gardening came from my grandfather who was a very passionate, amateur gardener. A few years ago we inherited all his gardening tools, many of which were decades…

As lockdown restrictions across the UK are lifted, people are beginning to think about holidays again, so it’s a good time to review Solid Cologne UK (SCUK), a natural, wax-based…

As a follow up to our recent post about the crazy price of timber, I had a very successful visit to our local wood merchants and hardware store earlier this…

It has been quite a challenging year for gardening so far because the weather has been so unstable and changeable. May has been extremely wet, overcast and cold, and everything…