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Month: August 2020

How to Get Your Organic Garden Ready for Autumn (Fall)
Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020

How to Get Your Organic Garden Ready for Autumn (Fall)

I love planning. I have lists, sub lists, sub sub lists. When it comes to gardening I like to start planning on the 1st of September. Why? Well if you want a great spring, with healthy plants and rich soil, then you have to get your organic garden ready now. I always think of September … Continue reading How to Get Your Organic Garden Ready for Autumn (Fall)

Call of the Wildflowers
Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Call of the Wildflowers

Wildflower watching became an activity itself on our holiday. Having seen the clouds of insects surrounding these…it made me realise that exotic ‘pollinator plants’ have nothing on the natives. Continue reading Call of the Wildflowers

Mend your Garden so the Butterflies will Come
Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

Mend your Garden so the Butterflies will Come

Don’t waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come. Mario Quintana Growing up, we had two big glass picture frames filled with dead butterflies. Pinned to a board, they were skewered, dry and drained of colour. I hated them, but also liked looking at them too. There weren’t that many … Continue reading Mend your Garden so the Butterflies will Come

Stop Buying Bird Food! Attract Insects and Grow Your Own Seeds & Fruits Instead
Posted on August 10, 2020July 31, 2020

Stop Buying Bird Food! Attract Insects and Grow Your Own Seeds & Fruits Instead

Buying food to feed the birds is costing way more than tuppence these days. I’ve been trying to grow wild food and attract more insects into my garden to provide a more natural source. Continue reading Stop Buying Bird Food! Attract Insects and Grow Your Own Seeds & Fruits Instead

Grappling with Groundcover to Save My Soil
Posted on August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

Grappling with Groundcover to Save My Soil

After 5 years of tidying, lack of organic matter and absolutely NO mulching, the Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle) and other groundcover plants had left behind a wasteland. Was it possible to re-grow my soil? Continue reading Grappling with Groundcover to Save My Soil

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Hi I’m Julietta, I’m a mum of two living in Northern Ireland. I’m passionate about gardening, plant and soil health. I want to make it easy and fun to do organic gardening and help people fall in love with what is above and below the soil.

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