So why are we talking about this in August 2019? After all the runner beans are now climbing and flowering in all their glory, the apple ...

The more one thinks about it, the entire future of the planet depends on effective composting. For millions of years plant nutrients have...

Each year brings its surprises – its sad failures and its magnificent successes. 2019 has been no different. Spring was a strange one – m...

The seeds have spouted, sucking in the air Transforming its carbon without a care Powered by sunlight and the soil below Together it's ma...

It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the c...

We all need to talk about this! Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough and finally XR – blistering headlines, punchy interviews and major di...

This month we are talking about spring in the garden - but you don't need a garden to experience the “force” of life! Anyone can make the...

Salad crops, courgettes and pumpkins are now germinating in the greenhouse. Potatoes, parsnips and celeriac are already under the soi...

THE RIGHT TO SAY 'NO' The SANO party exists for two reasons: 1. to remedy the “democratic deficit” by giving voters an opportunity to say...

Everybody knows that we humans are making a mess of our Earth. Our economic system gives the wrong signals. Our Nation States fina...

By a strange set of happenings and circumstance during June 1992 I found myself editing, co-ordinating and finally publishing the Alterna...

DEMOCRACY – HOW CAN WE FIX IT? HANDMAIDEN OF THE RICH, CATALYST FOR CONSUMERISM AND CAMOUFLAGE FOR CORPORATE POWER... THE ANSWER JUST SAY...

The “Overton” window! This Christmas I learned something new! Thanks to a new pressure group –Extinction Rebellion or XR I learned about ...

So what can you get done on a bright cold winter's day in the garden? It took me four very warm and pleasant hours to spread 2 tons of lo...

So the leaves have fallen and the first frosts have put the garden into its winter sleep. I've scooped up most of the fallen leaves (the w...

There's no doubt that the long winter nights before Christmas (the winter solstice) are a time for hot crumpets and deep reflection. As u...

Composting and your New Year's Resolution On our small space-ship Earth, the long term future of our human civilization depends entirely ...