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  1. squash Zapallito de Toscana
    • Vegetables and herbs

    Gardening reflections and resolutions

    Gardening can be a hit and miss affair, especially where veg is concerned. So now is the perfect time to reflect on last year’s successes and failures, before planning the new growing year’s resolutions.

  2. Bee on flower
    • Pests and diseases

    UK supermarkets and how they rate on pesticides

    Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has released its 2021 ranking which scores the UK’s top ten supermarkets on their efforts to tackle pesticides.

  3. Soil information pack
    • Soil

    Our New Year podcast special: the secret of good soil

    We kick off the new year with a podcast special: the secret of good soil. It's your essential guide to what makes your soil great.

  4. Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector announced
  5. Bee on flower
    • Wildlife gardening

    More bad news for solitary bees

    There’s more bad news for bees exposed to pesticides. Recent studies in the US show that solitary bees can ingest pesticide-laced pollen twice (as larvae and as adults) and consequently suffer a terrifying 75% decline in populations when exposed over 2 generations.

  6. Brussels Sprout Bredase Vroege
    • Vegetables and herbs

    It’s down on the farm for our December podcast!

    Grab your coat and wellies as we head down to one of the UK’s best known organic farms, owned by Helen Browning, Head of the Soil Association.

  7. Seed saving at heritage seed library
    • Seed saving

    What does it take to get a new variety listed in our Heritage Seed Library?

    We like nothing better than receiving news of a variety from a grower who thinks that they have a rarity that we might be interested in including in the HSL Collection.

  8. Pollinator on flower
    • Wildlife gardening

    Taking pesticides off the supermarket shelves

    Last year, we supported a movement to stop supermarkets from selling pesticide products. We are delighted to report that two retail giants, the Co-op and Waitrose, have now committed to removing all high-risk synthetic pesticides from their gardening range.

  9. Global call to ban the use of peat in compost - National Trusts' joint statement
  10. Worms in soil
    • Soil

    Down to Earth - Alive and Kicking

    Kim Stoddart explains how to nurture microbial life for the health and vitality of plants, person, and planet...