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The National Garden Festivals were events held in the UK during the 1980s and early 1990s to promote the cultural regeneration of large areas of derelict land in industrial districts. Five were held in total – one every two years, each in a different town or city [ citation needed ] – after the idea was pushed by the Conservative ...
The Incredible Edible project is an urban gardening project which was started in 2008 by Pamela Warhurst, Mary Clear and a group of like minded people in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, UK. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The project aims to bring people together through actions around local food and community allotments, helping to change behaviour towards the ...
In order to promote fast growth and biodiversity the engineered ecosystem requires a layering of vegetation: the ground layer, a shrub layer, and a canopy layer. Due to this compact layering these forests usually are well established within two decades rather than the 70-plus years it takes for naturally occurring forests.
Garden Organic, formerly known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), is a UK organic growing charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. The charity maintains the Heritage Seed Library to preserve vegetable seeds from heritage cultivars and make them available to growers.
Plants grown outdoors in Zones 8–11 require a moist summer growing season followed by a dormant winter season. If you live in an area with low humidity, mist the plants to maintain moisture.
Don’t be tempted to use antihistamines to stop the itching; they don’t help relieve the itching you get with contact dermatitis caused by poison ivy, according to the medical resource Up To Date.
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This suppresses the weeds by blocking sunlight, adds nutrients to the soil as weed matter quickly decays beneath the barrier, and increases the mechanical stability of the growing medium. A layer (around 10 cm thick) of weed-free soil, rich in nutrients is added, in an attempt to mimic the surface soil, or A horizon .