Exploring ways to improve our local environment and live healthily
Who knows how many helpings of fruit and vegetables we’re supposed to be eating in a day for a healthy diet? I once thought it was five and found that target relatively easy to achieve: with an orange juice at breakfast and perhaps an apple and banana as part of my packed lunch, it was …
How We Get Five of our Ten a Day in One Meat-free Curry Read More »
As reported in our last article, our aim is to develop a community nature reserve, with households in our area devoting four metre-squared of their garden to nature. In that article we suggested five cheap and easy ways to join in. In this article, we’re describing five more challenging ways of using your four metre- …
Five more-ambitious projects to try in Evington Community Nature Reserve Read More »
As a new year’s resolution, we’re planning a new community nature reserve in our area of Leicester. If we’re successful, local residents will devote a small section of their garden to nature. We’re not asking people to go large on this: think of a social distance — two metres — and then imagine a square …
Five easy and cheap ways to devote garden space to nature Read More »
To my mind, a good pond can be the feature that establishes a garden as a truly wildlife-friendly arena. So, while a nice bed of flowers may be great for bees and hover-flies, a carefully-planted- out pond does that too and can attract a greater variety of beneficial and interesting , including dragon-flies, pond-skaters and …
Who wouldn’t want to give nature a home in their garden, yard or balcony and hasn’t read, in the numerous articles on the subject, that the simplest method — in a garden at least — is to let a corner of the lawn grow wild and untended? In my limited experience — I’m not a …
Are we able, even with a small back-garden, to set aside space for nature to take its course a little? When, about a year ago, my wife and I moved into our bungalow, from our large detached house, there were only a couple of downsides to the downsize— one of which was the new place …
How about we all let a little bit of garden go wild? Read More »