Allotment Diaries: Seeds, soil and first sprouts
The allotment has become a welcome break from the pace of everyday life. It’s somewhere we can move more slowly, work with our hands, and feel connected to what we’re doing.
Ross Hoddinott
The allotment has become a welcome break from the pace of everyday life. It’s somewhere we can move more slowly, work with our hands, and feel connected to what we’re doing.
Maize grown for biogas is accelerating soil erosion and river pollution – yet Government support for the sector continues. Gemma Lane, Land Use Policy Manager, explains why this threatens our…
At last - spring is here!! As the daylight stretches and the weather gets warmer it’s time for arrivals and departures, as the breeding season gets under way!
Winter has battered us with storms and floods and you wonder if the rain is ever going to end! But as the daylight stretches, nature can feel the approach of spring and wildlife is getting ready…
Not all of nature sleeps in winter. Now that most of the trees and hedgerows are bare, it’s easier to see the many plants and animals who adapt to the cold and carry on with life as usual. Here…
Winter nature demands we pay attention, to its many moods and our own. I brave the elements and feel the joy of being in and of the season, alone and a little wild.
Taking action for nature doesn’t have to be difficult. Every day the choices we make and the voices we raise can support nature.