Creating Black Gold
Kitchen Compost: Setting Up a Worm Composting System Inside Composting is generally regarded as the use of large specialised bins to generate compost for large farms, an option unavailable to the small apartment dweller. However, options that...
Today was the day. Off to Scotney Castle at Lamberhurst in Kent, to view the rhododendrons and azaleas for which the gardens are justly famous and to find out how they manage...
I have been distracted lately by Christmas, New Year (away on holiday in Marrakech), my birthday (a big one) and courses on Internet Marketing. So please excuse my neglect of clevercomposting. Behind the scenes...
Well, the worms are fine, but winter is definitely ‘icumin’ in, and once again the garden looks like a total shambles. I am not the world’s best gardener, although I love the whole idea...
Compost is playing a role in helping El Salvador farmers to turn their backs on the ‘green revolution.’ It is always encouraging to read about other people’s efforts and successes in the composting world,...
Today, we are welcoming a guest blogger, Lisa Stephenson from Auckland, New Zealand. Lisa is a teacher in an Intermediate School (11-13 years) in Takapuna, a community on the North Shore of Auckland,...
One of the great pleasures of living in England and particularly in Kent, is that one is always within a spit of any number of notable gardens open to the public. It is...
My Garden – It Rarely Goes Smoothly. My deck (yes, we decided on a deck rather than a patio) that was supposed to be re-built this summer is a non-event and it is now...
We have baby worms! I just wandered down the garden to have a quick check on the worms. It has been so hot and humid lately, that although the worms’ bin is situated in...
Gardening magazines can be expensive and not always as expected. Here is one that I think offers excellent value. My daughter treated me to membership of the Royal Horticultural Society for my birthday at the...