Garden
Turning kids into vegetable lovers
To encourage small children to get into gardening and to start eating their greens without complaint, we've discovered a great little children's gift kit - the Secret Seed Society. The pack contains a storybook "No Hens in the Pen", ...
Garden
Gardening is a tonic
There is nothing I like better than going into the garden on a summer's evening and picking home-grown vegetables for dinner. Not only am I saving money, but I know that the vegetables are organic and definitely haven't travelled ...
Garden
How to make a herb planter from an old grate
This is an example of reusing something that has passed its usefulness. All too often we just assume if something is old and not needed any more it has to be consigned to the dump. A little imagination can see old rubbish given a new ...
Garden
My first efforts at growing from seed
I've never fancied growing from seed before - I'm a bit of an instant gratification woman and have never had the patience - but I have been amazed at how fast it is and how very satisfying! The only problem I have now is where to put all ...
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