Its fair to say that the veg patch and indeed my whole garden has been neglected during the past couple of months. I’ve just realised that my last veg patch post was 29th June and since then a combination of endless rain and working long hours has meant that the garden had to take a [...]

I just recently finished my article on natural swimming pools over at Bellaonline.com, where I write the environment column. Never have I been more inspired to go dig a hole in my backyard! I envy my friends over in the UK as I have learned natural pools are quite popular already. We here in the [...]

I was really interested to read about affordable ecohousing for first time buyers in the west of Scotland in this week’s Sunday Herald.  I suppose it does depend on your idea of affordable, I know this is one of the few decent housing schemes my boyfriend and I could buy into, but we’re not too [...]

CATERPILLAR ATTACK!!! I’m starting to wonder if these veggies are ever going to get on the table when so many other creatures want to eat them right there in the patch. A few days ago I went out into the garden to do my daily check on everything and somehow managed to crash a caterpillar [...]

The veggies in the patch have settled in and I’m very happy to say still alive. We managed to ward off the snails and slugs and give the plants just enough food, water and sun. The only threat now was the pincing jaws of my house rabbit Del. Of course I couldn’t expect him to [...]

After a whole week of pouring rain here in Nottingham (and most of the UK I think) it finally stopped on Sunday so I could finish the work I’d started on the veg patch 7 days ago. If you’re wondering what I’m rambling on about see the Veg Patch Diaries #1 post. The poor little [...]

This year I thought it was about time I had a go at growing my own veg. Having never done this before I thought I’d share my experience here on GGG, for a few reasons. The first reason being that hopefully it will encourage others who, like me, have thought about doing this before but [...]

No, I haven’t moved from Sheffield but I was a student there and stayed on to work for a couple of years afterwards.  I saw in Hippy Shopper this week that 47 eco-homes are being constructed in the Norfolk Park area.  Residents will have great access to the tram system and spectacular views across the [...]