Green Fingers Autumn 2011
In this edition
- Plastic Bottles....ideas!!
- Have you got a Glut?
- Swapping – the new cool
- Eco Tips
- High Street vouchers
- Speak to West Sussex Waste Prevention Advisor volunteers
- Lottie’s Plot
| Some readers may have noticed the stunning plastic bottle greenhouse featured on the front cover of the last Green Fingers edition. The innovative greenhouse was designed for a Chelsea Flower Show garden by people with no experience at all.
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| Even though it seems summer weather has passed us by, our pots, gardens and plots say otherwise. Everywhere you look there is a feast to be had shiny apples, pear tree branches dripping with fruit, red tomatoes just asking to be eaten and lots of vegetables.
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| Exchanging goods is not a new idea and most of us can remember swapping beads, toys, cards and even lunches at school. |
| Our WPA Annie Shergold wonders if everyone is aware of the Friends of the Earth. |
| NEW Better Tomorrows WEBSITE Have you visited the new Better Tomorrows website yet? Find everything you need in one place at: |
| For advice and support on Love Food Hate Waste, composting and recycling meet West Sussex Waste Prevention Advisors on the Better Tomorrows stand at all these up-and-coming events across the county. |
| Do the pigeons get your plants and mice eat your seeds? Fed up with sowing seasonally? The answer lies in asparagus! Asparagus takes a bit of planting and once it starts to grow you have to wait a year before you can harvest it, but, and it is a big but, then you can harvest it forever and a day without needing to plant or sow it each year. |
| Share your passion and views with other Green Club members – contact us with ideas, views and tips to be published in your seasonal Green Club newsletter. |
| Get friends and neighbours to join the Green Club and we will send you a FREE pair of great gardening gloves to thank you for helping to spread the sustainable gardening message. |
| We’re signing up new garden centres, country centres and nature shops all the time. So be sure to check here regularly for the latest list offering a 10% discount. |
