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Grow Your Own Fruit by Carol Klein

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Permaculture in a Nutshell by Patrick Whitefield

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Starting with Chickens by Katie Thear

Haynes Chicken Manual

The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow

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Flighty's plot

Yesterday… - morning I received a lovely Christmas card from my long-time (online) friend Anne, who lives over in Southern California. Included with the card were two p...
2 days ago
The Compost Bin

Yet more produce from the garden - I went outside to check on Fleck the broody Serama hen and give her some fresh food and water.I then spent 5 mins in the veg garden and OrchardThis is what...
4 months ago
The Anxious Gardener

Eastward Ho! - It’s because of elephants. I am incredibly excited about my trip but if it wasn’t for elephants, I wouldn’t be going. I really wouldn’t. It doesn’t seem so...
1 year ago
This blessed plot

Bowing Out - You may have noticed that I haven’t been keeping this blog updated much over the past couple of years. I used to update it religiously every week, and then...
3 years ago
Lass leben!

Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – October 2021 - While the end of September still brought some warmth and sunshine to my garden in Zurich, Switzerland (USDA zone 7b), the last few weeks have been much coo...
3 years ago
The Garden Smallholder

Summer Harvests - We’re currently reaping the rewards from the vegetable garden, picking and eating fresh delicious food as needed. Abundant harvests such as broad beans and...
3 years ago
The Smallest Smallholding

How to help birds in your garden survive winter - As the wild, natural sources of food dwindle in autumn, and temperatures plummet, birds struggle to survive and our gardens can become a haven Check out ...
5 years ago
Bee Strawbridge

Monetisation of Nature. - I am so tired of hearing about the importance of 'economic growth' - and I despair of humanity if we have reached the stage where wildlife is only conser...
5 years ago
Gardening Jules

Wildlife Wednesday At Home and Abroad - Another month has passed and at home our visiting garden wildlife has brought uplifting rays of sunshine in an otherwise bitterly cold and often dreary Jan...
7 years ago
wellywoman

A Watery World - The Gwent Levels near my home in Monmouthshire are entirely man-made. Skirting the northern edge of the Severn Estuary they … Continue reading →
8 years ago
The Good Life

Colour In December - In 2013, I followed the late Geoff Hamilton's advice, visiting a nursery or garden centre each month of the year and purchasing a plant which was in flower...
8 years ago
Hanwell Life

When Life Gives you Lemons …. - … make a gin and tonic, save the seeds and grow a lemon tree! An update on the progress of my lemon seeds. In my stealth garlic and other musings post I ta...
9 years ago
Allotmore's Blog

Happy New Year – lets hope its a good one - Sorry for the slack start to 2015, I’ve been hibernating for a while and enjoying not having any turkey’s, lambs or pigs to get up and feed and defrost. It...
9 years ago
Alderandash

Planting trees – the long game - So here’s a little encouragement to anyone thinking of planting a tree or two…Three years ago, we planted a tiny ‘copse’ of about 50 bare-root saplings, mo...
10 years ago
http://backtonatureramblings.wordpress.com/

New Year – New Blog - A Happy New Year to you all! 2013 is over. Not been the greatest of end of year’s on the family front. Illnesses and accidents involving close family hav...
10 years ago
The Urban Potager

Passionfruit - There is nothing like the sharp, sweet taste of passionfruit on a warm day! Summer is fast approaching and the passionfruit vine is bursting with frui...
11 years ago
The Barefoot Beekeeper

New book - Learning From Bees: a philosophy of natural beekeeping - Need a good read about bees while yours are tucked up in their cosy hives for the winter? I have just published a new book - only about 23,000 words this t...
11 years ago
The Eden Project Blog

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Karin: Hampshire born mother of 2 adult children with a love of nature, wildlife and the British countryside. A keen organic gardener, I'm learning to live in a more sustainable, joyful and generous way that expresses respect for myself, my fellow human beings and the world around me. I also enjoy precious time spent with my family.

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