Readers following my weekly columns and books will be well aware of how I have combined gardening with health.
I know that naturally grown vegetables...
Pollination can be a problem for gardeners when it does not occur naturally.
Various plants use different modes of pollination from attracting insects such as...
We need to encourage our children and grandchildren to appreciate Nature by including them in some gardening activities.
I believe that young children have a...
Cardboard boxes are everywhere.
A lot of products are transported in cardboard boxes, most products we ship out are in cardboard boxes.
Supermarkets have heaps of...
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Plants, just like ourselves, have built in protection against diseases though their immunity systems.
We build up our immunity naturally over the years by surviving...
Chemical herbicides aren't the only option available.
There are a number of other products which are handy weedkillers but which don't do as much damage...
Gardeners are buying and planting plants now for the coming season.
This may range from seedlings of vegetables, annual flowering plants, fruiting plants and ornamental...
Last week our article was about Magic Botanical Liquid (MBL) and how this natural product made an incredible difference to your plants and gardens.
Then...
I am often asked about how to control populations of slugs and earwigs in gardens without using the usual chemicals.
This is particularly important in...
Bryophytes and Embryophytes are the botanical names given to mosses, lichen, liverworts, hornworts, molds, algae and slime.
These are primate plant-like forms which were the...