Happy New Year! The RenewEL team hope that you had a good festive break and welcome you back into the garden. Although it’s snowing, ther...

As we wind down towards the end of a strange and unprecedented year, we have the chance to pause for thought about what has passed. It ha...

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, but that doesn’t mean that work in the garden has to stop. In fact, December is a very impor...

Bulbs can add a splash of early spring colour to borders, beds and containers. Tulips come in all shades, from dark purple to white, and ...

It has been an odd year. A year in which many of us have been forced to stay in, but one of the benefits has been that many of us have gr...

Companion Planting – the practice of growing two or more different plants together for the beneficial effects they have on each other – i...

A wildlife garden doesn’t have to be an unkempt jungle of nettles and brambles. In fact, just letting a garden ‘go wild’ and overgrown is...

Bokashi uses microorganisms and bacteria to breakdown food in an anaerobic environment, watch this short film to learn how to make your own.

If you have enjoyed the composting series and begun to set up a wormery have a watch of the next installment from our expert John, if you...

Worms aren’t really very picky diners. They’ll eat most organic vegetable matter and about half their own body weight a day.

Anyone can compost. When we think about composting, most people imagine great big industrial units full of dump-trucks processing what ev...

Composting can help with biodiversity. By making a compost heap, you are creating a living, breathing biosphere.

If you’ve been into Sainsbury’s or Tesco in the last few weeks, you’ll have seen something that you may have never experienced in the UK ...

If NASA uses horticulture to help with astronauts’ mental health, then those of us that just watch Star Trek, can surely benefit as well.

Hi, Seeing that we’re all going to house-bound for a while, many of us will be looking through grimy windows into that space called the b...