November Gardening Tips
November is the month that the cold really starts to creep in as autumn draws to a close and winter begins to set about its business. Here are a few handy tips to help you out in the garden this month. Check Bonfires If you’ve had your bonfire set up for any amount of time […]
Raking Those Autumn Leaves: Pros and Cons
As a gardener, you may well know that applying pressure to your lawn during the winter months can severely damage it. This is down to 2 key factors: When grass gets pulled out of the lawn for a variety of reasons, it does not grow back until spring. Colder weather conditions play a big part […]
Eco Goes ‘Ultra Green’ With New £500,000-Plus Shredder
A Dorset recycling company says it has become ‘ultra green’ after investing more than half a million pounds in an electric wood shredder. Eco Sustainable Solutions’ new Untha shredder is now in full operation at its Parley site, handling up to 65,000 tonnes of waste wood annually. The wood, from household recycling sites in Dorset and Hampshire, […]
Is Your Garden’s Topsoil Holding Your Garden Back?
Topsoil is one of the most important parts of your garden. It’s the base from which everything in your garden grows, as well as the bucket that waters it and the plate that feeds it. Topsoil, as the name suggests, is the upper most layer of soil that covers the majority of terra firma. It […]
Conservation in the UK
Space, in the UK, is at a premium. We’re a small island nation with big aspirations but we seem to forget that we should be looking after the ground beneath our feet and the other life forms that live here first. We prioritise building outward, not upward. Our country’s forests and fields are being taken […]
Biomass – Innovations in Energy
Biomass fuel is fuel sourced or derived from living (or recently living) organisms. This generally consists almost entirely of plant material, often wood, but can also be plant and animal matter. Any carbon within these materials has been previously absorbed from the atmosphere as part of its lifecycle. This happens in plants as they use […]
Into the Wild – Wild Grasses in our Parks
It’s not surprising information to hear that Britain’s insect population is on the decline. In the UK, studies have found that 76% of Butterfly species are declining in population, invertebrate populations have fallen by 45% over 35 years and that beetle, bee and wasp numbers have dropped by 60%. So what is causing this steep […]
How Turf Is Made
Turf is a fantastic way to give your landscaping project the finishing touch that it deserves, without breaking the bank. It’s quick to lay, doesn’t break the bank and gives unparalleled results. But how is it made? How do Rolawn create their crisp, fine rolls of countryside that we can unfurl in our gardens like a […]
5 Advertising Campaigns That Make you Want to Recycle
Recycling is something that we all know we should be doing. Some people are good at it, breaking down everything into their own respective bins for recycling; some people aren’t great at it, simply throwing everything to landfill. This is wear advertising comes in, it’s not like normal advertising and it’s not selling anything in […]
How Elon Musk’s new solar roofs will change more than how we get our energy
Just a few days ago, Tesla announced 2 new products that could change the way the world looks at solar energy, quite literally. Elon Musk’s latest endeavour into the solar market with solar roof tiles sees Tesla finalising the ultimate bundle for homes to become self-sufficient. The solar panels, designed to be installed and look […]