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Composting: How it works and why you need to make it?
Posted on July 27, 2020August 3, 2020

Composting: How it works and why you need to make it?

I hate taking instructions with no explanation. 2×2 is 4? But why. Add in baking powder to make your cake rise…how does that work? Mix cardboard and grass cuttings in this ratio and get compost – but why that ratio, what’s breaking them down? How can I make it go quicker? I find that if … Continue reading Composting: How it works and why you need to make it?

How to Encourage Bats into Your Garden?
Posted on July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

How to Encourage Bats into Your Garden?

If you are gardening for pollinators, then you are probably also attracting all insect life. And if you are doing that, then you might also invite BATS! I think bats have had some really bad press. They have become the Trump of the small flying animal world. However, their bad press has nothing to do … Continue reading How to Encourage Bats into Your Garden?

Why you need fungi in your garden
Posted on July 13, 2020July 31, 2020

Why you need fungi in your garden

If you want to turn a black thumb into a green thumb, then you need some gardening side-kicks. Enter the FUNGI!! Fungi can help you have happier healthier plants. Continue reading Why you need fungi in your garden

How to start a Container Garden – properly!
Posted on July 8, 2020July 7, 2020

How to start a Container Garden – properly!

“Gardening is one of those areas where we never, genuinely, never stop learning.” I took a course on Container Gardening with Chris Beardshaw and it was FANTASTIC! Continue reading How to start a Container Garden – properly!

The Amazing Benefits of Growing Borage
Posted on July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

The Amazing Benefits of Growing Borage

I’d never heard of this plant until three years ago. To be honest the words “tastes like cucumber,” and “great in G&T,” and “good for bees” was enough to set off my ‘Buy Now’ trigger finger and purchase a tiny packet of seeds off eBay. I unwittingly sowed them into some pots at the front … Continue reading The Amazing Benefits of Growing Borage

Grow your own cut flowers from Spring to Winter
Posted on June 27, 2020July 1, 2020

Grow your own cut flowers from Spring to Winter

Do you want to fill your home with freshly cut flowers but don’t want to fill your house with plastic packaging and the guilt of all those air miles? Then find out what flowers you should grow to have your own zero waste cut flowers. Continue reading Grow your own cut flowers from Spring to Winter

20 Tips to Create a Zero Waste, Organic Garden
Posted on June 7, 2020August 2, 2020

20 Tips to Create a Zero Waste, Organic Garden

Find out how to achieve a zero waste and organic garden with these top 20 tips. Continue reading 20 Tips to Create a Zero Waste, Organic Garden

How to Grow Zero Waste Herbs
Posted on June 20, 2019September 20, 2020

How to Grow Zero Waste Herbs

Over the winter I was regularly buying basil and parsley only to watch sadly as the overcrowded plants suffocated and ran out of nutrients. Plus we always ate too much in one go which exhausted the plant. I always hated buying the packed herbs as they would usually get lost and then rot at the … Continue reading How to Grow Zero Waste Herbs

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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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