Blog – tagged "environment" – Hayes Garden World

October 1, 2024

Forage for Free Food in Autumn

Autumn is a fantastic time for bulking out your recipes with free food and this blog takes you through which plants are available. Not only does it help stretch the budget but is also great exercise. Only eat food when you are 100% certain you know what it is.

May 16, 2024

Forage for wild garlic

Foraging is incredibly satisfying, giving you free food and exercise in the fresh air. Before you embark on foraging make sure you have the relevant ID books and can definitively identify the plants and fungi you are gathering.

May 7, 2024

How To Make A Barrel Pond For Small Spaces And Patios

Increase the wildlife in your outdoor space easily by making a barrel pond. The video shows what you need to to attract a range of invertebrates into your garden.

May 7, 2024

How To Save Water In The Garden; 10 Top Tips

With climate change looking likely to alter our rainfall patterns to produce dryer summers anything we can do to save water (and money) in the garden is worth spending a little time changing our habits.

May 7, 2024

Best Ways To Save Money In The Garden; 30 Top Tips

There are plenty of things we can do in the garden to save money, most of them simple and quick and this blog gives you a few ideas. With the cost of living crisis biting deep if we can save money in the garden it leaves a little extra for a treat.

May 7, 2024

How Do I Improve The Fertility Of The Soil Without Using Chemicals?

As more and more of us are gardening in an environmentally fashion we are turning our backs on using fertiliser. This blog gives you some tips on how to have the very best soil health without the cost or pollution of chemicals.

May 7, 2024

How To Attract Wildlife To The Garden

Wildlife is under threat like never before and this blog gives you some tips on the little things you can do in your outdoor space which can make a huge difference to a whole range of mammals, birds and invertebrates.

March 18, 2024

Keep ducks to help manage garden pests

More and more of us gardeners are looking for ways to reduce our chemical usage and ducks are a great alternative to slug pellets. Added advantages are delicious eggs for baking and their entertainment value.

May 21, 2023

Spring plants to give you colour underneath a mixed native hedge

Many of us are embracing a more wildlife friendly approach to gardening and a mixed native hedge is one of the best ways to provide a range of environmental benefits. This blog gives you some idea of what to plant at the base in spring before the hedge breaks into leaf and the hedge bottom becomes too dark.

May 21, 2023

Trees to give you spring colour

Most of us can grow a tree even if it is only in a container in the backyard. They provide a whole range of wildlife benefits and help combat global warming so why not buy one which will light up your spring. This blog gives you a range of trees which will look attractive at the start of the season.