Jack Wallington
Nature and garden writer | wildlife garden designer | landscape artist
Books: Wild about Weeds and A Greener Life
Newsletter: WildWay.info
(Yorkshire 🇬🇧 H4 / 8b-9a)
- Whichever party you vote for, it is very reassuring to have a larger number of Green Party MPs in parliament fighting for our climate and nature, keeping the other parties on course. They have done unbelievably well in the last few years.
- Over half of the peat free composts listed here have only 0-3 out of 20 tomato seedlings germinating, I have to ask: how on earth were they sowing their tomato seeds?! Tomatoes are one seed I can literally germinate in anything including most of these composts. www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/pr...
- Why gardeners should LOVE seeing aphids, from my book A Greener Life
- 12 easy ideas to protect your garden in the hot dry spell www.wildway.info/p/gardening-...
- When I wrote A Greener Life I included a chapter explaining why gardeners should love seeing the aphid boom in spring because it leads to a predator boom shortly after as they eat them. Which makes it disappointing the RHS would release this now. Devastated. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- All of this is possible in small urban gardens too - I know because I lived with one for 20 years of my life, and have designed many more. I’ve included tips of trying to work with neighbours to think about multiple small gardens in a joined up way for birds 💞🌱
- How to feed and encourage birds naturally in gardens www.wildway.info/p/how-to-fee...
- How to feed and encourage birds naturally in gardens www.wildway.info/p/how-to-fee...
