Sweet corn, popcorn, flour... this ancient crop can be a versatile companion in the garden. Vera Greutink offers expert advice for getting the best results. Is corn a veg or a grain? The answer will ...
Just imagine being able to step out of your back door each day to pick fresh strawberries and red currants to sprinkle on your breakfast, or to gather salads and edible flowers for a large salad lunch ...
From a bare field to a staggeringly productive and beautiful food forest in just a few years, full of beneficial insects, amphibians, birds and mammals. This is a story of natural regeneration at its ...
Permaculture garden designer, Pippa Chapman, shares her top tips for making a mini forest garden, from making the most of the vertical space, incorporating layers and adding beauty. I did my ...
Maddy Harland, Manda Scott and Rupert Read explore how we can all use Transformative Adaptation to create a path towards a flourishing future. Transformative Adaptation (TrAd) helps us to transform ...
Michael Feldmann describes how to create fruit bushes and some fruit trees for free, by taking cuttings and propagating. He also shares the ideal natural ingredients to boost growth of cuttings, ...
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Maddy Harland grows oca, a South American tuber, and explains how to extend the season, select next year's crop, and store your crop. A delicious addition to the no dig kitchen garden. Oca is a South ...
Environmental charity Hubbub has today launched its first ever ‘Community Nature Network’ to help community-led green spaces thrive and bring nature closer to people and people closer to nature. The ...
Pippa is a professional RHS trained horticulturalist, permaculture practitioner and teacher. She experiments with polycultures and guilds at her smallholding in West Yorkshire whilst working as an ...
No dig expert and kitchen gardener, Stephanie Hafferty, shares five elderflower recipes. Learn to make elderflower champagne, liqueur, sugar, vinegar and oil. The hedgerows are filled with creamy ...
A useful guide to forest gardening and medicinal herbs, with detailed information on 40 helpful trees and shrubs. A great many forest gardens have sprung up over the last couple of decades. People ...