thegardentamer

I care about our planet & its inhabitants. I believe we can collectively help each other. Artist, plants woman, music lover, cyclist. Free Palestine

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@writethewrongs2 I look after 19 gardens local 2 me, on my bike using their tools. The more education the better as, in my experience, many still use chemicals, want a pristine lawn, don't like the shade/debris off trees & r selective in what wildlife they encourage. Barron/lifeless imo.

[🌻 Go Wild With Annette @writethewrongs2]

In the last few years, I have been working on nature-related books. 💚

I say books because it is how my brain works, i compile research for a few projects and then write... sometimes swapping over projects depending on mood.

This keeps the words flowing.

I am currently in the editing process for two books - timely as it turns out as one is on gardening for hot weather and drought and includes gardening for nature.

This book will be ready soon and have also almost finished a book on trees for the garden bringing shade and helping nature.

When I started writing these books, we'd had a heatwave and it started me thinking that we need to change how we garden and what we can do to help wildlife in our gardens through a lens of protecting ourselves and nature.

It is through my own observations and trial and error and I think is something we need to take seriously. There is nothing good about seeing beautiful plants wilting.

There are other nature books too and am loving writing and hoping it will make a difference. 🤞#gardeninspiration #sustainablegardening

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@GowerClare 💕

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@DarrellWakelam Brilliant😃

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@writethewrongs2 I totally agree with that sentiment. They are fascinating to watch, comical with their own little quirks🪶

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@LoveGrowingVeg Gorgeous🍓

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@LoveGrowingVeg What you put in, you get out. Not always obviously. You clearly love it & are dedicated, therefor the bounty is fulfilling. Plenty for you & all the beasties. A rewarding past time in many ways🍎🥒🫛🍅🥕🧄🥦🥘

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

The most advanced technologies in the world are trees, mycelium networks, river systems, and entire ecosystems. I’m personally tired of idolizing human made technology that destroys the very systems that actually sustain life and hold real wisdom.

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@donnarainey4 Fab photos, put a smile on my face🪺

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@mitchellsnik Cool find. Glad some of these still exist

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@MarburyBirds Wow!! So powerful. Glad you rescued the fledgling🪺🪶

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@TheGriftReport More irreplaceable loss of habitat for our beautiful & rapidly declining birds, insects & animals. Instead of bird song, a sterile landscape with the constant hum of electricity, generating masses of heat. Did anyone vote for this?

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@donnarainey4 Ahh so cute. Great photo❤️

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@mitchellsnik I ❤️ your content, your enthusiasm & knowledge. Sharing this with us & your own kids is wholesome. Thankyou🦡

[Slim @onu_slim]

Let me tell you how it happened. Nigeria’s ginger export hit zero from N26 billion within 3 years.

The official story blames fungal blight.

But here is what actually happened. When Nigerian farmers lost their indigenous seed supply, grant-aided interventions arrived with replacement seeds.

An associate professor at Lagos Business School flagged publicly that some of those interventions involved GMO organisms that weakened indigenous crops and compromised soil health.

That is not a conspiracy theory because it is a documented academic concern.

Now that Nigeria spoke got destroyed by the GMO seedlings….what is not the result?

Nigeria was forced to import ginger from China to fill domestic demand. Chinese ginger has none of the pungency, oleoresin content, or quality that made Nigerian ginger a global premium product. And the ginger now sitting in Nigerian markets tastes like wood because it essentially is wood.

The two indigenous varieties that built Nigeria’s global ginger reputation, the Tafin Giwa and Yatsun Biri, had decades of soil relationship and quality built into them.

Once the soil was degraded and those seed varieties were displaced, the product that returned was a pale imitation. Nigeria did not just lose a market. It lost a seed. And without a National Ginger Seed Bank, which nobody has built, it may never fully get it back.

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@olgatuleninova ❤️

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

@SheffCouncil why you spraying Sheffield streets with pesticides? Im HORRIFIED to see GLYPHOSATE sprayed on our streets by a Council worker. Cities across UK and Europe have banned it. It kills wildlife, is a health risk, cats and dogs can get very sick BAN IT NOW! @_OliviaBlake

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@RClaremont A beautifully presented & wonderfully tactile book. The words picture scenes as much as the paintings & the name joins the dots through an artistic journey. Thankyou so much, I love this book.

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

May the future belong to painters, potters, woodworkers, seamstresses, storytellers, bakers, gardeners, and people who still make things with their hands.

[thegardentamer @CatherineSuddes]

@philip_ciwf @CounsellingSam Coming out with slogans like, 'no mow May', without any follow up actually hurt wildlife more. I get asked 2 leave grass then after inviting more insects, to mow again!! 😱