A New Beginning
This time last month we were clearing snow and ice from our pathways. However, since then the season has most definitely changed. The...
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John
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Superpowered Soil
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,...
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John
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Happy Christmas!
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...
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John
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
The Art of Pruning
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...
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John
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Spring starts here: A guide to planting bulbs
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...
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John
- Sep 22, 2020
- 6 min
A guide to...Autumn Gardening Jobs
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...
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John
- Aug 5, 2020
- 4 min
Companion Planting
Companion Planting – the practice of growing two or more different plants together for the beneficial effects they have on each other –...
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John
- Jul 2, 2020
- 4 min
Going Wild - Wildlife Gardening
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...
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John
- Jun 12, 2020
- 5 min
How to make Bokashi
Bokashi uses microorganisms and bacteria to breakdown food in an anaerobic environment, watch this short film to learn how to make your own.
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John
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Composting with Worms Part 2
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...
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John
- May 4, 2020
- 5 min
Composting III Composting with Worms
Worms aren’t really very picky diners. They’ll eat most organic vegetable matter and about half their own body weight a day.
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John
- Apr 19, 2020
- 5 min
Composting II Three Bin
Anyone can compost. When we think about composting, most people imagine great big industrial units full of dump-trucks processing what...
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John
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
Composting I
Composting can help with biodiversity. By making a compost heap, you are creating a living, breathing biosphere.
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John
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
Home Grown
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...
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John
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
The benefits of gardening II
If NASA uses horticulture to help with astronauts’ mental health, then those of us that just watch Star Trek, can surely benefit as well.
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John
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
The benefits of gardening I
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...
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