Fences, Walls and Hedges - Tips
As with all planting in your garden, keep it local - there are locally distinctive hedgerow types so find out which ones predominate in your area before deciding which to grow.
Consider which hedges attract the most wildlife - oak, blackthorn (sloe) and hawthorn, for example - and help further by planting wildflowers and grasses at [...]
The Organic Difference, Part 4
Biodiversity
Encouraging natural biodiversity is an inherent aim of organic farming, not only in the greater environment in which the farm exists, but also in terms of the kind of crops and livestock that are being farmed. Organic farmers often grow unusual varieties of fruits and vegetables that are fast disappearing from our countryside, and they [...]
Pet shampoo ingredient linked to autism
Not just used in dog shampoos but a lot of products where it’s touted as a “safe, non-toxic, natural” insecticide. It is natural, it comes from Chrysanthemums… but then the highly poisonous Fly Agaric mushroom is natural too. It just shows that we can’t let ourselves be fooled into thinking that natural = safe.
Pet shampoo [...]
How the World is Solving the Hole in the Ozone Layer Problem
In the early 1970’s, a pair of scientists working at the University of California, Irvine, theorized that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could be responsible for depleting large numbers of ozone molecules in our atmosphere. The implication of this theory was that the destruction of the protective ozone layer would allow the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays to penetrate [...]
