Trees
Create and enjoy a wildlife-friendly, and sustainable ‘grow your own’ garden
Here are our 8 tips for creating your own wildlife-friendly garden, one in which you could also ‘grow your own’ veg. BUTTERFLY GARDENS – Who’d like a garden haven for you and the butterflies to enjoy? Choose plants with simple flowers that make it easy for butterflies to reach the nectar. Try toprovide flowers right…
Read MoreNEW Boston Spa Geocache Trail
Like and share on Facebook Welcome to our series of 10 Boston Spa Green geocaches, a 6km loop (2hour stroll) round our village, river and woods. Along the way you’ll find out about the places you visit, how they relate to the environment we live in and hopefully have some fun (and some fresh air too).…
Read MoreWe love to plant seeds and pot plants, but do you know where your peat comes from?
Like and share on Facebook We all love to get close to nature and encourage our children to plant seeds and grow flowers. We want them to get their hands dirty and feel the texture of the soil, but have you ever wondered where the compost that we buy from the garden centre comes from?…
Read MoreStart a Tiny Nursery
I thought it would be a good idea to start a few trees off in my garden ready to plant out in a year or two. We just collected some acorns, prepared a bit of spare garden, laid them out so you can the check spacing and plant about 6″/15cm apart. Once the trees are…
Read MoreGreen Traffic Calming
Green Traffic calming idea An interesting way to look at the traffic calming problem: choose some slow-growing plants (some evergreen) and put them right where they are needed to gather the toxins in the air. I am sure you may be able to think of other interesting traffic calming ideas.
Read MoreWhen is a Tree a Weed?
The term weed is often misused. I think of a weed as just a plant growing in the wrong place. Look at this holly tree, for example. We all love a holly tree but this is a weed growing in a drain. Don’t worry, it will be removed from its prison and released into the…
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