Sunday 21 August 2022

Brolly Fruit revisited


Brolly Fruit Revisited

To help heal the planet, people can compost, compost and compost some more! People can use their vegetable and fruit peelings along with leaves and grass clippings to improve the soil.  Plants 'help to regulate the temperature by using energy, reflecting solar energy and providing shade',  (see onlinesoil.co.uk for further information).

I recently used much of the contents from our compost bin to spread around the plant roots  before the 40 degree celsius temperature arrived  in the UK in July 2022.   This has made me increasingly aware that more can be done on a wider level. 

In particular all open mining projects across the world must include backfilling areas dug up! 
The staff working in these areas eat and drink right? Therefore it would make sense that they compost what they use, (from onsite staff to all areas of office administration, management and even shareholders).  They can then be responsible for replanting what they open up.  Perhaps even have inter-company competitions to backfill and recreate lovely gardens, orchards, vegetable plots etc for the locals whose land they have disrupted.




Saturday 20 August 2022

 Plant Berries revisited August 2022

I first posted berries in September 2019 as it seemed black berries were ready to start picking from September.

However, this year, I started picking ripe blackberries at the end of July (2022)!