That’s me done for christmas. Am closing the lid of my computer for a few days. Wherever you are have a wonderful, peaceful and ethical christmas. See you in the new year. Best wishes Allan 

Have I got the coldest, most shadiest garden in Britain? There is no sun in my garden now, and there wont be for weeks. I have a great view though, I can see the sun slowly creeping towards me across the valley as the day progresses, but it never quite reaches me! Here’s a photo … More Where’s the sun gone?

If you want to make compost quickly you need to turn your heap every few days. If this sounds like too much work get a tumbler bin to make things easy for yourself. Check out this home made tumbler bin from two guys in the US who call themselves the urban homesteaders. I’ve been watching … More Tips from www.compostlover.com: Tumbler bins

More encouragement for compost lovers: The Little Book of Compost receives its second translation deal in less than a week – this time into French. The book will now be available in France, Spain and Finland, as well as all English speaking countries. While I’m here thanks for the Christmas card Katherine. I really appreciated it. … More news from www.compostlover.com: Little Book of Compost gets another translation

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks. Elspeth Thompson of The Telegraph chooses The Organic Garden as one of her books of the year, The Little Book of Compost gets a Spanish translation and compost lover gets its own column in Garden News magazine (published weekly and available in most news agents). I’m going to be … More News from www.compostlover.com: Compost lover to be new Garden News columnist

Just some news on the vine – Elspeth Thompson chose my book The Organic Garden as one of her books of the year in the Telegraph on Sunday. An amazing thrill for me, especially with so many great gardening books published ever year. Garden Answers magazine also chose it as one of their Books of … More News from www.compostlover.com