Kitchen Garden

MAINTAINING NATURE’S BALANCE

We are increasingly aware of our environment and the vulnerability of animal and plant species in the face of the effects of climate change, habitat loss and inappropriate human applications, so sometimes it is easy to feel overwhelmed.

The positive news is that there is now far greater understanding of our actions on ecosystems and the wildlife around us; consequently, revised thinking is rapidly forming. With this more complete knowledge, new approaches to plant production are springing up, helping us grow plants just as well, but also enhancing the habitat which humans have negatively impacted.

Bees pollinating fruit and birds thriving are what we want to see in our gardens as it becomes

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