This week I decided I should finally get round to it and make a bug hotel. I've written about how to have an insect friendly garden so I have to take my own advice! I don't have a job at the moment so the cheapest way I could do this the…
It can be overwhelming thinking about the damage we, as humans, have done to our planet, and continue to do, and many people think that they can't make a difference. Why should I bother to make changes if no-one else does? The truth is that one person making a change does…
Almost everyone has a cupboard full of random plastic containers used for freezing food or even just for storing random bits and bobs. Some of these containers we've bought ourselves and some are remnants from a long forgotten takeaway meal. They're incredibly handy to have. The problem with them of course…
All this news about biodiversity loss around the world is distressing but we can all do a few simple things in the garden to help. Insects and bugs have long been seen as pests but we have to change our attitude towards them because they play a major part in the…
This week is International Compost Awareness Week. Yes, that's really a thing! So it seems to be a great week to talk all about compost. You might have heard that composting is a good thing to do. But why? And where do you begin with composting at home? For everything you…
When you first realise how much plastic you have in and around your home it can be quite depressing. It's also depressing whenever you go into a supermarket and see shelf after shelf of plastic wrapped goods. It seems that plastic is hard to avoid, it's in your clothes, it's used…