Garden Supplies News

While gardening is regarded as an enjoyable hobby we are all happy to use labour saving equipment to help with the heavy and boring tasks. Although a rotavator is not essential if you only have a small area to cultivate, no-one would think of maintaining a lawn without a mower. And you don’t even have to spend your time mowing if you prefer to sit in the shade. Robotic mowers have been around for several years, but robotic chicken coops?

Keeping chickens in your backyard has become increasingly popular and the humble chicken coop has evolved over time. While the birds need protection from predators, they also need to be able to move around the yard so they are not confined to one muddy patch. Of course you can take the time to move the coop at regular intervals, or you can now buy a robotic model that moves itself using solar power. Read more..

On a rather smaller scale is the Green Lantern. This is a combination lamp and mini planter. It’s green because it’s made from liquid wood which I had not heard of before, but apparently the material is an organic polymer comprised of waste from wood by-products. It looks like plastic, but has a slight aroma of toasted wood. The light is provided by a string of LEDs which “emit a warm luminous glow that supports the photosynthesis process of the accompanying plant, creating a direct relationship between the lamp and host plant”. Read more..

“Learn about urban foraging this afternoon: as in eating plants off the sidewalk”. If you’re interested I’m afraid you’re too late. This event took place yesterday when you could have been “checking out overgrown areas and thickets, looking for wineberries, blackberries, and elderberries, all different-tasting, and all delicious”. All for $15 a head. Read more..

For less than a third of this sum you can tour a jungle paradise in a London suburban garden. As she dropped down the hill Anna Pavord “saw on the left-hand side of the road, a house completely smothered with things to eat. Strawberries dripped down from pouches set either side of the little gate. A plum tree obscured the bay window of the front sitting room. Cucumbers cascaded on to the pavement from a clay pot set into the boundary wall, a pumpkin had started a determined assault on the roof. Peaches and a nut tree made a notional boundary between this garden and its neighbour”. Read more..

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