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GREEN UP YOUR GAFF

MY BIRDSEED BRINGS ALL THE BIRDS TO MY YARD

green up your gaff

my birdseed brings all the birds to my yard

Words by Jessica Peace We’ve been thinking about the birds and bees a bit more than usual and we’ve stocked up on some bags of grub and sexy feeder...

green up your gaff

bring back the birds and the bees (with our native seeds!)

Words by Jessica Peace We’ve been finding the right native seeds to seduce the birds and bees back to our beds, pots and boxes. We’ve grabbed a loa...

green up your gaff

how not to kill your wildflower meadow

Words by Jessica Peace Whether you tossed your seeds with us in Spring or you’re shoving them into your autumnal bald patches and window boxes read...

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grab a bee nester and save the solitary bee

Words by Jessica Peace Solitary bees are kickin’ the bucket but our plants need them! To understand just how good these guys are at pollinating - a...

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who’s busting my balls? (box caterpillar)

Words by Jessica Peace If your box balls look frazzled, eaten and webby, look a bit closer and you’ll find that stripy little b*stad the box tree c...

green up your gaff

spotted dick (nasty bits on your roses)

Words by Jessica Peace BLACK SPOT This is a bit more than a polka dot, not only will your rose drop it’s leafy kit, it will become weak and unable...

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your garden throwin’ shade?

Words by Jessica Peace So you’ve not got that ‘south facing’ gaff, who gives a sh*t? Here’s how to sex up your darker bits… OH YOU PRETTY THINGS B...

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foraging and folklore at modern barn farm

Words by Jessica Peace Since we last had a natter with Hannah Grows she’s been setting up ‘Modern Barn Farm’ in East Sussex with the Indie Farmer. ...

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get your tommies going

Words by Jessica Peace Mate, you haven’t lived until you’ve smashed your home grown tommie over your Bloody Mary on a hot summer Sunday - and tommi...

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moments in pot culture: the beech

Words by Jessica Peace Lovers have carved their names into beech bark since way back in the Roman day (not sure how we feel about this!). In Ovid’s...

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moments in pot culture: the london plane

Words by Jessica Peace It’s one of Mamma Nature’s biggest anti-pollution machines in Blighty, and although it’s giving us hay fever hell right now,...

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"feed me seymour" (which fertiliser to use)

Words by Jessica Peace It’s getting warmer, there’s pairs of shorts appearing on the streets - time to get fertilising. Here’s a little science les...

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sun worship: the sun at the science museum

Words by Jessica Peace The sun, the big yellow life giver. If you’re interested in the big yoke: space, the universe, time, mythology... OR you’re ...