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With one month to go until London local elections, new information* gathered by PAN UK reveals that local authorities are using twenty-two potentially harmful chemicals to remove weeds on the capital’s streets, parks and playgrounds.
We're pleased that a ban on the use of metaldehyde slug pellets has finally come into force. Metaldehyde has long been recognised as posing an ‘unacceptable’ risk to birds and mammals.
We have been running members' experiments for over 60 years. Thanks to the participation of our Garden Organic members across the UK, we have used information gathered in gardeners' back yards and allotments to further organic growing knowledge and practice.
Last year we started working with the Salvation Army in Coventry, to put our surplus organic produce to good use.
Walking around the gardens at Ryton recently, the sun broke through the clouds, and I could feel its warmth on the back of my neck, the birdsong seemed to suddenly get louder, and the air seemed to have that whiff of spring about it.
February is never an easy month for a gardener, the winter now seems to be dragging on and, at the same time, we know spring is drawing closer and we are itching to get sowing and growing.
It’s too early to sow outside, but why not get ahead of the game and start sowing indoors. In this month’s episode, Sarah and Chris share the secrets of how to make your seed sowing successful. Nothing is more satisfying, or such fun!