- Grow your own
- Biodiversity
Marvellous mulches
For us earthy gardeners, a mulch is one of the best ways to take care of your precious soil, writes Sarah Brown in July’s gardening column.
By Sarah Brown - 1st July 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Grow your own
- Net zero
B&Q leads on peat-free compost
Garden retailer becomes the first to commit to 100 per cent peat-free compost after attention grows on the urgent need to protect peatlands and store carbon.
By Rebecca Smithers - 15th June 2021
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- Grow your own
- Nature
- Biodiversity
Dealing with popular pests
Slugs and aphids are every gardener’s worst nightmare and can ruin the best-laid growing plans – this month’s GYO column reveals how to deal with them the organic way.
By Sarah Brown - 1st June 2021
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- Biodiversity
- Nature
- Grow your own
Government hails ‘net zero for nature’
Government ramps up efforts to restore nature with new legal targets for species abundance, a ban on peat compost to gardeners and rewilding plans.
By Nina Pullman - 19th May 2021
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- Grow your own
Good neighbours and companion planting
This month's gardening column explores how garden plants relate to each other in fascinating ways, and a well-known practice called ‘companion planting’.
By Sarah Brown - 5th May 2021
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- Organics
- Grow your own
Riverford launches organic ‘soil boxes’
New soil boxes will be sold alongside Riverford’s organic veg boxes to supercharge home gardens and veg patches after consumer interest in soil reaches new heights.
By Nina Pullman - 1st April 2021
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- Grow your own
- Nature
Getting your nitrogen fix: How to make green manure
Our April gardening column is all about how to get your nitrogen fix with the help of DIY and sustainable green manures rather than artificial fertilisers.
By Sarah Brown - 30th March 2021
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- Grow your own
- Local sourcing
Growing initiative to combat food insecurity in London
Grassroots growing scheme aims to tackle food poverty and inequality in London by giving residents the means to grow their own food.
By Jack Thompson - 11th March 2021
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- Food waste
- Grow your own
From food waste to fertiliser
Ever wondered what kitchen scraps you can and can’t put on your home compost heap? March’s gardening column tracks the final link in the food waste chain.
By Sarah Brown - 26th February 2021
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- Farming
- Ethical business
- Fairtrade
Roots to Fruits: Seasonality or seasonal workers?
Most British strawberries today are grown in coconut fibre under acres of polytunnels and the season has been extended far beyond summer, writes Louise Gray in her latest Roots to Fruits column.
By Louise Gray - 23rd July 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Celebrating the best of British summer fruit
UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Mixed farming and the National Food Strategy
Market forces have driven agriculture towards specialisation and scale; the increased yields have reduced the price of food over the last 70 years, but with catastrophic environmental costs.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd July 2021
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- Climate change
- Farming
UK farmers trial soya alternatives for animal feed
British farmers are trialling alternatives to soya in animal feed, known to cause deforestation in the Amazon.
By Jack Thompson - 19th July 2021
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- Climate change
- Health
- Eating & drinking
My green kid can cook
As the summer holidays approach, Anna Turns tries a new green cooking book with her daughter and finds a wealth of education and creativity.
By Anna Turns - 19th July 2021
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- The big interview
- Inequality
- Farming
Hungry for truth
‘The Angry Chef’, aka Anthony Warner, tells Jack Thompson why food doesn’t have an ‘easy answer’ and why feeding the masses is a forgotten side of sustainability.
By Jack Thompson - 16th July 2021
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