The August garden jobs that keep your plants alive in a heatwave
Three tricks to keep your garden thriving and flourishing There is a particular kind of despair that sets in when you watch a summer border wilt in real time. With millions of Britons living under hosepipe ban restrictions and the mercury refusing to drop, keeping a garden alive in August has become an exercise in […]
1 month ago
UK households urged to sprinkle chilli powder on garden this month
Help save the birds! If you’re lucky enough to have a garden at your home, spare a thought for our avian friends this month by scattering chilli powder around it. In a 2022 review led by Manchester Metropolitan University titled State of the World’s Birds, it was confirmed that around 48% of existing species are […]
1 year ago
London’s ‘worst street’ gets transformed into urban jungle
The ‘Inspired by the Wild’ project looks to bring a slice of the countryside to the Big Smoke A street in Dalston known to its residents as ‘the worst street in London’ has undergone a nature-fuelled rejuvenation in a bid to bring a slice of the countryside to the backstreets of the Big Smoke. The […]
3 years ago
Brits going ‘back to the Good Life’ as food inflation soars
Food and non-alcoholic drinks prices rose by 18 per cent year-on-year last month Food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose to their highest rate in over 45 years last month as high energy costs and bad weather led to shortages and rationing. Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, out today, show inflation rose unexpectedly to 10.4 per cent […]
3 years ago
Mum creates private beach in her landlocked back garden for £134k
It features a tanning ledge, waterfall and sun loungers A mum has created her own beach in her back garden – complete with a slide, sun loungers and waterfall. Sarah Miller, 33, and her husband Travis, 38, live in Pennsylvania, miles from the nearest coastline. So they decided to bring the beach to their new […]
4 years ago
Doctors use forceps to remove more than a dozen fly larvae from man’s eye – one by one
Doctors believe a fly laid its eggs in his eye while he was farming In an incident not unlike something from a horror movie, doctors were forced to use forceps to remove more than a dozen fly larvae from a man’s eye. An unnamed 53-year-old man from France was admitted to the University Hospital of […]
4 years ago