Monthly Archives: June 2007

We have a new Prime Minister and a new Education Minister – Ed Balls. As Kate Needham of Garden Organic has just called for my book Curious Incidents in the Garden at Night-time to be “added to the National Curriculum … Continue reading →

Wow. Got back from Glastonbury to find my mum in Sheffield is wetter than I am. She’s got three leaks in her house from the non stop rain and her south yorkshire city has a New Orleans style make over. … Continue reading →

The gardens at glastonbury are getting a good old water today as Glastonbury fulfills its reputation as a drought busting device of enormous and mystical proportions. From where I sit I can see Mehdi’s garden, a combination of beautiful wooden, … Continue reading →

It’s maybe strange to be writing a garden blog from the biggest music festival in the world but there are actually quite a few gardens around the place and over the next few days I’m going to go exploring. The … Continue reading →

On Tuesday I’m off to Glastonbury with CAT and we’re very excited to be able for the first time to offer mobile phone users a downloadable personal carbon emissions calculator. Anyone coming into the Greenpeace field with a Bluetooth phone … Continue reading →

Just got back from Gardeners World Live after an amazing couple of days in the West Midlands – never thought I’d write that sentence. Day one saw the Dyfi Valley Seed Savers visiting the Heritage Seed Library at Garden Organics … Continue reading →

I’ve had a trauma in the garden this week. I was sitting on my home made slate garden bench with two friends when I suddenly noticed a trail, well actually more like a 5th column, of ants heading up a … Continue reading →

The International Olympic Committee are in town this week. While they’re here they might take some time to enjoy the produce grown by the allotment holders of the Manor Garden Allotments. The 100 year old allotment site rests bang in … Continue reading →

Wow. Another amazing night of biodiversity in the Dyfi Valley. I’ve been out on an organised walk looking for night jars and glow worms. Thank you Caroline at RSPB Ynys Hir. Night jars migrate here from Africa in Mid-May and … Continue reading →

Now’s the time for getting out in your garden after dark. Its warm and wonderful out there. If you’re growing veg the slugs are probably on the move if it’s a bit humid so go out and check your crops … Continue reading →

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Yawn. It’s eight o’clock on June 5th and I’m waking up sleepy on World Environment Day. Congratulations world environment you made it through another year. Hurrah. As I’m writing this Sophie is finishing off our first podcast to launch later … Continue reading →

Why be organic? I’m always surprised by the negative stereotyping that surrounds organic gardening. On Tuesday I did five radio interviews for BBC stations across the country and almost every one started with the question what’s the point of being … Continue reading →