How do you get rid of slugs in your garden? It’s that time of year again. The slime monsters are back and taking hold. Slugs (and snails for that matter) are the enemy of pretty much all gardeners and can divide and conquer pretty quickly. They love young seedlings and any tender leaf plants which …
As summer approaches, we wanted to give you an update on everything Buy Land Plant Trees. Throughout the winter and spring, we’ve been busy planning, planting and mulching our 13-acre field – it really has been all systems go! Many of you might remember us talking about our 13-acre field a wee while ago but for …
Spring is upon us which means it is time to prep our gardens to ensure they are bloomin’ beautiful come the summertime but why not use chemical free gardening methods this year? As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Probably slightly dramatic when applying it to the …
Hi everyone! Since our last Buy Land Plant Trees update, lot of exciting stuff has been going on, so I thought it was about time I gave you another update! With everything else that is going on at the moment and many of us in the position where we aren’t going to be enjoying the Christmas’s …
We need to reduce plastic in the oceans. We have all heard it before, and most have us have probably seen lots of photos too. I got to the point where I couldn’t read any more reports on how much plastic pollution there was in the oceans. There seemed to be endless images of turtles …
It is a common myth that we don’t need to be helping birds during the winter but it is actually one of the most crucial times for us to be giving them support by providing food, water and shelter. Here in the UK, we spend £200 million a year on bird food which is amazing! But, with that …
It is the middle of October, it is getting colder and we bet you are experiencing that internal fight of ‘do I turn up the heating to stay warm and suffer the consequences financially or do I just put up with the cold and keep more money in my pocket?’ Well, before you decide between …
As we are now officially in tree planting season, I thought it was a perfect chance to give you an update on our Community Interest Company, Buy Land Plant Trees. For those of you that don’t know, around 20% of the profits from every purchase you make with us goes towards Buy Land Plant Trees, …
You may have noticed that we quite like wool (not that we shout about it or anything) and so you can probably imagine our excitement about the fact that it is WOOL WEEK! The best week of the year. Perhaps? Maybe not. But still, it is a very important week in our calendar because we …
With The Great British Bake Off back on our tellies, have you been raring to get in your kitchen and create some yumminess? Us too! That is why we have added some brand new of eco-baking products to the Chimney Sheep range! The difference with these baking products is that they are all eco-friendly, each …