Posts by James

In these days of 'pandemic fear' and the possibility of the SHTF scenario, it is no surprise that many folks are turning to the possibility of being more independent of the stores and living off the...

Yellow cucumbers trailing from the vine may well be an interesting sight, but the question remains – why they turn yellow in the first place! Other questions soon follow, such as are yellow...

I believe that composting eggshells is perhaps one of the better uses for a waste item that is often just discarded into the waste bin, and headed for the landfill. However there is a right way...

Can you grow strawberries in straw bales? Yes of course you can – and it’s not difficult! Straw bale gardening is an extremely effective ‘no-dig gardening’ way to grow all sorts of fruits...

After growing tomato plants for over 40 years, I still find them an invaluable plant to grow year-on-year because of their nutritional value and their pure versatility around the kitchen – they are...

Making composting bins is just 1 of the great uses that discarded pallets can be put to. Indeed the phrase ‘upcycling’ could definitely be used here as the original use for the pallet to move...