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Creating a garden for birds
I’ve wrote a lot about our wildlife garden, in relation to attracting moths, butterflies, bats, bees and dragonflies for example. Recently, I was asked to speak about what we’ve done to help garden birds, from food sources, shelter, places to … Continue reading
Notes from Grandma’s Gardening Diary – Part 3
This third blog from my Grandma brings us up to date on how her garden grows; starting with landscaping in April to a celebratory tea party in August ’21. Funny enough, I’ve been at Grandma’s this afternoon and despite making … Continue reading
Notes From Grandma’s Gardening Diary
If you follow me on my social media sites, you might know that I’ve been helping to redesign my Grandma Barbara’s Garden. Started back in July 2020, we’ve worked on it together at weekends and school/college holidays, whenever we could … Continue reading
Reporting back on your Green Plans for ’22
I’ve received lots of feedback following last week’s post about making Green Plans for ’22, it seems January makes us all feel motivated to plan for brighter times ahead. I had such a great response that I thought I’d share … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Local Food, RHS Ambassador, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged carnivorous plants, community gardening, gardening blog, george garden blog, George Hassall, grow your own, hulme community garden centre, kids blog, kids gardening, kids gardening blog, RHS, RHS Ambassador, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, school gardening, young gardeners blog
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My Green Plans For ’22, What’s Yours?
January, it’s a bit of a weird month; after all the hype of December and despite the start of new beginnings, it can seem a little grey and drab. At times I can be quite a fan of January, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, RHS Ambassador, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged big garden birdwatch, gardening blog, george garden blog, George Hassall, how will you big garden birdwatch, hulme community garden centre, kids blog, kids gardening, kids gardening blog, RHS, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, RSPB, rspb dovestone, young gardeners blog
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Lockdown life – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Despite posting a lot of content on my social media sites, I’ve realised I haven’t updated my blog during the whole 12 week lockdown period, mainly because I’ve been really busy with online schoolwork and filming for various gardening & … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, RHS Ambassador, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, TV, Wildlife
Tagged #NationalGardeningWeek, Blue Peter, chris packham, gardening blog, national gardening week, RHS, RHS Ambassador, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, spring gardening, springwatch, young gardeners blog
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Why growing your own fruit and veg couldn’t be more important
Growing your own fruit and veg is so satisfying, it tastes great, it helps the climate by reducing our carbon footprint and now with the threat of self-isolation from coronavirus, being self-sufficient couldn’t be more important. Here’s a few tips … Continue reading
Notes and observations from our wildlife garden – A Family Blog
Whilst we created our garden for it to provide us with food and look pretty, without doubt our main reason was to create a home for wildlife. And this year we have certainly reaped the benefits of all our hard … Continue reading
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Tagged #gardenwatch, #WildAboutGardens, gardening blog, george garden blog, George Hassall, Nature, rewilding, RHS, RHS Campaign for School Gardening, RSPB, springwatch, Wildlife, wildlife gardening, Young Bloggers, young gardeners blog
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How our garden grew in 2019
As we move into winter, there isn’t a lot to do in the garden; so this blog is basically a summary of what has happened in our garden this growing year. It has been an incredible year of gardening, with … Continue reading
Celebrating 4 years of blogging
Today I’ve been blogging for 4 years and even though I’ve been a bit quiet recently, my gardening journey still ‘grows on’. My first blog was about buying some new apple cordons and just like those trees, I’ve grown a … Continue reading
Green Fingered George 