Forest gardens – Food sovereignty for generations to come?
In Britain, we import around 40% of our food.This means, a nation that voted to leave the EU to take control of its affairs, doesn't have control of its food supply. This leaves us islanders on decidedly shakey ground. My think tank, ‚Bioregion Birmingham‘, has been...
Forest School
As a primary school teacher, I want the best outcomes for the children in my classes. I feel we should be teaching the whole child and not just how to pass standardised tests that measure a tiny proportion of what they can do. This is why I let the children in my...
Digbeth community garden Update
In the garden during May, even though it was a dry month, we managed to get our watering system working. We have also added some more bird feeders to the garden which has attracted all kinds of birds including sparrows, blackbirds and an array of various tits and...
The Tree Charter
November 6th 2017 marks the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest and to mark it, The Woodland Trust have teamed up with over 70 organisations to launch a Tree Charter for trees, woods and people. The Trust wish for the tree charter to gain its strength from...
A bit of beehive maintence
Last week at Digbeth Community Garden we were visited by Darren Welcome of Hives and Honey to do his regular check on our 2 bee hives. Our bees are doing really well and are producing large quantities of honey. Whilst looking for the queen in one of the hives, Darren...
Happy BEE week
Even though bees hibernate in winter it doesn’t mean we can’t throw them a party, does it? Well, that’s what we did. The week of 28 November we celebrated the three year ban on neonicotinoids (neonics) in the UK. Neonics, used as a pesticide on for example oilseed...