Category Archives: Good for the environment

NFFN Cymru and a Green Recovery: How farming can be the solution

Posted on October 30, 2020 by

I love the line ‘The wonderful thing about food is that you get to vote three times a day.’ HB The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of our dysfunctional relationship with nature, environment and our food with studies linking the … Continue reading →

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Blame it on the Red Campion

Posted on October 19, 2020 by

Silene dioica, more commonly known as Red Campion, has been gradually taking over the front garden since I threw a packet of seeds down, not expected them to come to much. Seeds sown directly into my soil rarely do for … Continue reading →

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Moving online

Posted on August 28, 2020 by

I hear that more and more people are shopping online these days. Even before the pandemic, it was an increasing trend, but now there appears to be panic that the high street is dying and so we should all get … Continue reading →

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Field and Flower

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

On Sunday, we drove out to a place called Altofts to collect some books that a kind gentleman had offered me on Nextdoor, an app which connects neighbours (who sign up). Altofts isn’t actually next door, however, so in order … Continue reading →

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Making the switch: Ecotricity

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

Last Sunday, I watched a webinar in which Jen Gale, author of The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide, gave an overview of her book. This was the prompt for me to switch my energy supplier. I’d seen adverts for Ecotricity in Permaculture … Continue reading →

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“Thanks for supporting an indie“

Posted on June 6, 2020 by

With libraries being closed and not set to open any time soon (presumably because they don’t create much revenue rather than because it’s harder to have social distancing in comparison with a clothes shop!), I’d been considering my options. Ordinarily, … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Post to the rescue

Posted on May 20, 2020 by

Over the weekend, I did some work for Zero Waste Leeds. They had asked if I could make a video of my composting system – and upon hearing that I wrote a blog, they asked if I could do a … Continue reading →

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Eight years

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

Today, I received an email from WordPress, congratulating me on blogging with them for eight years. Goodness, these eight years have passed quickly and WordPress has become such a fixture in my life, I really can’t imagine not blogging now. … Continue reading →

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More than we need

Posted on April 14, 2020 by

So far, I’ve been remembering to water the plant pots in the propagator, which I set up on Palm Sunday. That doesn’t mean I was looking at it every day, so I was a little surprised when I did so … Continue reading →

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Monday morning

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Last week, a flyer came through the letterbox, advertising a local milkman’s delivery service. He was no longer able to sell to the catering industry but wondered if members of the general public would be interested. The clincher for me … Continue reading →

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