A blog about creating a homestead with gardening and home crafts.
Time to read 6 minutes The basic No Dig Gardening Method is a method of gardening I can definitely get behind. Pioneered by British gardener Charles Dowding for 40 years, it is a regenerative gardening method that is efficient, accessible and low maintenance once you get the basic principles right. What is No Dig? The... Continue Reading →
Time to read 10 mins I review some commonly found peat-free multi-purpose composts and give you the scoop on some other peat/free alternatives below. What is Peat? Peat is an unsustainable growing medium that has provided the base of commercially supplied garden composts (soil) in the UK for decades. It is mostly made up of... Continue Reading →
In our current house, I only started the compost heap about a year ago but it's coming along. Nothing usable just yet, but it's breaking down nicely with a combination of green and brown organic matter from the house and garden. Worms tend to find their way to the compost if it is open-bottomed heap... Continue Reading →
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