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Still Living with the Enemy

As the summer progresses and our harvests increase, it can feel like we’ve gone to war with the entire insect … More

ants, aphids, beneficial insects, ecosystem, infestations, organic, organic gardening, organic pesticides, pests, slugs, snails, whitefly

Garden Gnome’s August Top Tips

Garden Gnome is back with his latest reminders on what to focus on this month. In summer we need to … More

August gardening jobs, comfrey tea, green manures, harvest onions, mulching, Organic gardening top tips for August, summer pruning, water conservation, weeding

Glorious Gluts! Again!

Another post from the archives, but just as valid this year.  Some helpful tips on how to deal with glut … More

drying, fermenting vegetables, food glut, Food waste, freezing, harvest glut, jam, pickling, preserving vegetables

How to water well this summer

With the recent hot weather, we thought this article from last year was a timely re-read. Summer in this part … More

drought, mulching, organic gardening, supporting soil, water collection, water conservation, watering plants

Simple Summer Pruning

Garden Gnome has popped round to give us his top tips on pruning at this time of the year. Don’t … More

apple tree pruning, fruit tree pruning, summer pruning

Green Manures: Spring sowing update

Russ joins us for his final posting on his green manure trial.  After his autumn trialsuccess, here he gives us … More

beneficial insects, green manures, legumes, microorganisms, nitrogen fixers, organic gardening, soil fertility

Garden Gnome: Vine Weevil alert

Garden Gnome has been in touch with us to warn us about an attack of this tiny, but devastating foe. … More

Tree of Summer: Elder, Queen of herbs

We return to our regular slot on native trees and finding out a bit more about these plants that we … More

The Bevy bites back against food poverty

Hot on the heels of our Summer Enewsletter, a wonderful article from Helen Jones about the Meals on Wheels scheme … More

Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, covid19, food banks, food poverty, supporting community, The Bevy

Garden Gnome: Summer

Garden Gnome is back with his top organic gardening tips for a productive summer. Sunshine and warmth brings rapid growth; … More

garden gnome, organic gardening, summer gardening jobs, summer gardening top tips, summer vegetable growing

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