Category Archives: Gardening

Low-BROW: gluten-free food

Reducing or eliminating gluten from your diet is a tough business. But there are more gluten-free foods available. Continue reading

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February 2012 Allotment Diary

Green Friends Event in Derby this weekend!; litter picking; and the February Allotment Diary Continue reading

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Soil Food Web Course & Treeplanting Support

News from greenfriends.org in the USA of a course by Dr. Elaine Ingham on Compost Tea and the Soil Food Web. Continue reading

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EM (Effective Micro Organisms): guidelines for use

Guidelines for practical use of Bokashi from Kuleen Agro Services in Trivandrum (Kerala) Continue reading

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Ways to conserve water – from Malta

Ways to conserve rainwater on a dry island – an article from the Times of Malta 2010 Continue reading

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Adopt a Veg!!

Garden Organic invite you to Adopt a Veg! Continue reading

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December Allotment Diary

Recycling at Amma’s programme in London; forests and woodland; and the December Allotment Diary Continue reading

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A Manifesto for Seeds

We are seed users, seed eaters, seed growers…all of us. But…now they’re messing with our seeds. Continue reading

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Rooftop gardens

A visit to the RISC rooftop garden in Reading: a carefully constructed edible forest garden, full of plants (and trees!) which are edible, medicinal or useful. Continue reading

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Organoponico garden at Ryton Gardens

James Wong opens organoponico at Ryton Gardens, featuring a rope of yard-long beans! Continue reading

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