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By Kate Bradbury in
Plants
15 March 2012
Nettle beer is apparently easy to make. Like soup, it can be made from a fairly standard recipe, used for a variety of beverages Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
09 March 2012
Now's a great time to make sure your garden has adequate natural, as well as supplementary, food for this spring's nesting birds. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Allotments
02 March 2012
Yesterday I marked the first day of the month by visiting the allotment and sowing broad beans – the first seeds I had sown this year. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Plants
24 February 2012
Last summer I walked past a hedge that was so covered in bumblebees it was moving. But I actually heard it before I saw it: buzzzzzzz... Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
17 February 2012
Mice have adapted well to living cheek by jowl with humans. They might eat our peas and potatoes, or chew through bags of bird food... Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Gardeners' musings
10 February 2012
I've just returned from a holiday in Thailand, where it was hot and sunny, and quite unlike home in almost every way. Except for one... Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Grow & eat
03 February 2012
I’ve decided not to take any risks growing veg in my garden this year [...] consequently I’m only sowing shade-tolerant crops this spring. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
26 January 2012
How often do you clean your bird feeders? Once or twice a year? Whenever you refill them, or just when they’re looking dirty? Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Gardeners' musings
19 January 2012
[...] my main aim in 2012 is to make the garden look more established. This year I have a strict ‘no bare wall’ policy... Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
12 January 2012
I think my frogs are about to start spawning. There’s a lot of activity in their hibernaculum (read: thumping around), and it’s been so mild and wet lately... Continue reading...
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