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Gardening is such a joy. Even more so when it’s plastic free

Don’t have a garden? Nothing to stop you from growing some herbs even a few lettuces on your window sill. Don’t have a window sill? We have found some seed grenades for that derelict bit of land by the canal that has been bugging you for ages.

So no more excuses – come and hang out in our virtual potting shed for a while.

Seed – harvested

This one means planning ahead and the packaging may not be plastic free - you will have to check with ...
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Seeds

It is hard to find plastic free seeds. They are usually sold in waterproof plastic lined foil or plastic lined ...
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Seed Compost

Want to make your own plastic-free compost for growing seeds in? Using only this years fallen leaves? OK its not ...
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Pet bowls biodegradable

For the plastic free pooch in your life, a biodegradable plastic food bowl! "Eco-friendly and functional, Becothings are tough and ...
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Dog poop disposal

This is something I really hate …. plastic bags of dog @*%! hanging from the bushes. But then plastic bags ...
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Secateurs

The  cutters of I use are from Joseph Bently I bought this set from TK Max– steel and wood tools with minimal ...
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Bird Food

Feeding the birds can be a plasticky business but not for us happy Huddersfield folk. Up at Earnshaws saw mill, ...
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Watering Cans for young and old (and rich)

Take a look at this beauty - my  galvanised watering can with removable brass rose. Looks good and lasts forever ...
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Plant Labels

Busy digging over the garden and planting up next years crop in the allotment and I find myself: Turning over ...
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Compost Index

lets talk waste. Waste is used to describe:materials not needed after primary production:the unwanted byproduct of a process:Products no longer ...
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Seed pots homemade

Flimsy plastic seedling trays are an abomination. A couple of uses and the are fit for the bin. What a ...
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Plant Pots Compostable

Took this form a very interesting article here. I will be looking into them more closely in the future Low-‘e’ ...
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