Gardeners guide to dealing with snow – Looking after your plants and wildlife

8 February 2010 - Jack Gardener
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With snow forecast again this week many gardeners will be keeping indoors, gardens across the UK will remain untouched until the snow clears. However surprisingly there are a few vital jobs worth venturing outdoors for if you are feeling brave enough! Shrubs and Trees The snow can have a damaging affect on your shrubs and […]

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Reduce your carbon footprint – How your garden can help

5 February 2010 - Jack Gardener
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Recently the media has been full of stories about our carbon footprint. We all need to work together in reducing each one in order to reduce the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. What is your carbon footprint? Essentially a carbon footprint is the measurement of all of our activities which have an impact […]

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Wriggly Worms : Organic Worm Farming

18 September 2009 - Jack Gardener
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Wormeries are a box system that contain composting worms who devour your kitchen waste and newspapers, creating fantastic food for your indoor and outdoor plants. Wormeries are an extremely easy, convenient and environmentally friendly way of recycling your kitchen waste and reducing the amount of rubbish you send to land fill. They also provide you […]

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Garden Compost : A guide for setting up your garden

22 August 2009 - Jack Gardener
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Home composting benefits not only your garden but also the environment as you are reducing all the nasty stuff going into landfill and on top of this you are saving money. Now that’s what I call a win/win. Plus, you are also saving time with no more trips to the garden centre for bags of compost! So what does […]

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