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Vintage sinks are ready-made planters that even have a built-in drain. They’re great for growing vegetables, flowers, and creating mini-ponds, and look beautiful too. This piece includes tips on where to find them and how to plant them up as vintage sink planters. A couple of years ago I noticed a beat-up old Belfast sink…
Tips on how to build a small pond to attract frogs and other wildlife into the garden. Includes information on placement, size, materials, and maintenance. Organic gardening can be difficult, especially when it comes to slugs. You can pick them off individually, set out beer traps and pelleted wool, but most people resort to slug…
Draw a simple garden plan using a measuring tape, pencils, and colored pens Creating a to-scale simple garden plan can help you design your perfect home vegetable garden. This is how to create a very simple one using simple art tools and paper Full video at the end It’s officially been a month since we’ve…
The Seed Swap helps reduce wastage & saves money Share seeds and plants for free at the Isle of Man’s annual Seed Swap. Held each year in spring, it helps reduce waste, save money, and connect gardeners. For the sixth year running I’ve helped to organise a community Seed Swap and Plant Share here on…
The first sprouts of our future allotment wildflower meadow popped their heads out of the soil over the weekend. Tiny and perfect with their fragile baby green leaves and representing more than sixty varieties of flowers and grasses, these tiny seedlings will germinate and grow for the next month or so and then bunk down…