A little surprise present for you all, in the January edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social the results of my latest and best tomato trial. Listing cultivars I grew of cherry, salad and beefsteak’s that are guaranteed for flavour, yield and vigour. Grown entirely peat free and organic. Out now!

Something is eating all the winter salad leaves in our polytunnel. I think it might be a wren 😮

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“By the end of 2025, the UK's 10 warmest years on record will all have taken place in the last two decades, in measurements going back to the late 1800s.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... but sure, believe the fossil fuel companies and their spokespeople Trump and Farage

Stillness Kestrel - a New Year walk along hilltop grassland being watched from afar www.wildway.info/p/stillness-...

Stillness Kestrel - a New Year walk along hilltop grassland being watched from afar www.wildway.info/p/stillness-...

Wildlife Diary: Stillness Kestrel - a New Year walk along hilltop grassland being watched from afar www.wildway.info/p/stillness-...

Petition asking the Labour Government to put a timeline on the ban of peat based composts by @peatfree.bsky.social has flown past 5,000 signatures already. Labour is damaging economic growth in the horticulture sector with uncertainty on this issue actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

No disrespect at all to these people as I’m happy for them but I wish solstice stories were balanced out with how people like me celebrate this natural moment in the year just by enjoying the day with a walk or with friends, without any worship, ritual or religion. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fantastic news - all trophy or fun hunting and related activities used to keep it going should not be allowed in the UK

Winter solstice, shortest day of the year for the northern hemisphere because we’re at a point in earth’s orbit of the sun where our end of the planet is tilted away from the star. Solstice is the scientific term for that exact point in the orbit. From today the daylight grows slowly longer before..

Star garlands with twine made using the Line of Beauty, festive literary vibe with a touch of occasional eroticism #wintersolstice

It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Galium verum | lady's bedstraw - learn about this incredibly stylish wildflower for contemporary designs www.wildway.info/p/galium-ver...

Galium verum | lady's bedstraw - learn about this incredibly stylish wildflower for contemporary designs www.wildway.info/p/galium-ver...

Ask the Government to confirm a timeline for the legislation of a ban on the sale of peat compost - protect peatland habitat - now over 4,000 signatures, sign today! actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

It’d be amazing to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the year - enough is enough! Ban peat compost now. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

An absolute disaster for nature, climate and humanity - everything we depend on to survive, from food to water, requires a healthy natural world. In the UK nature is already at rock bottom, one of the worst in the world. This Government is doing the unthinkable and harming what little is left.

A couple of practices yesterday of an amazing sunrise we had this week (bottom) and sunset (top). Both of these were unsuccessful as they don’t capture either for me. However they were successful for fun and continued practice with colour and mark making.

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Polar bear cub that lost its mother adopted by another bear www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Please sign to end peat sales. This is a new petition, as the previous ones were for the previous government. Thank you 👍 #peatfree

Absolutely shocking. We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases. We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.

I’m repotting Chilean guava into bigger pots, it’s fine to do this in winter and in many ways it’s better because it protects the roots from cold. The roots will continue growing through winter helping the plant grow strongly in spring.

Thank you everyone for getting this close to 2,000 signatures in the last few days 🥰

I had a very efficient day today, I don’t know why that’s cause for celebration but it is 😄 a trip into Leeds for a photoshoot (I was taking the photos) then lots of writing and garden design plans for 2026 which make me happy 😊 hopefully tomorrow it’ll continue and I’ll have some time for painting.

There are still amazing discoveries to be made 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have a copy of 'Wild about Weeds'. It is excellent.

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Winter Solstice dawn light over the Pennine Hills, limited edition print 6/10 left www.jackwallington.com/product/wint...

It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat. Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'. Get on with it already! Sign the petition: actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

My herbaceous wildflower database now has 20 species guides to help you grow and design with them for wildlife and you! New guides released each month www.wildway.info/p/herbaceous... (for paid subscribers to the Wild Way)

My herbaceous wildflower database now has 20 species guides to help you grow and design with them for wildlife and you! New guides released each month www.wildway.info/p/herbaceous... (for paid subscribers to the Wild Way)

14 competition tolerant suppressing groundcovers for rainy climates - proven groundcovers for dense naturalistic wild planting design in temperate climates www.wildway.info/p/14-competi... (lesson for paid subscribers)

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Exploring the climate resilience of Achillea millefolium www.wildway.info/p/achillea-m...

This is the choice of people who care for the greater good in media. Do you drip feed to a large audience over a long time, restrained by infuriating conditions. Or do you scream loudly to a smaller audience. I don’t know which is best.

I think the UK needs people coming to the country and I certainly think we need to help refugees, not turn them away. But I want this done properly and not by people risking lives in small boats. So this is good news. News that the news media isn’t reporting - why?

Achillea millefolium, yarrow - unsung hero wildflower that's a climate change contender www.wildway.info/p/achillea-m...

Achillea millefolium, yarrow - unsung hero wildflower that's a climate change contender www.wildway.info/p/achillea-m...

Huge grey cloud. This year I feel like I am actually wintering. I love it. I think painting has a lot to do with it, it’s making me look more and I just want to paint everything. Alas life and time often has other ideas.

Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Labour’s changes to nature protections are universally considered terrible for British wildlife. I liken them to cutting off an arm (one habitat) to invest in the other. But still, it’s good to see the Green Alliance and others negotiating to protect nature as best as possible.

Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

My surefire wild plant mix to super charge your garden for butterflies and moths next year in only 1 metre! www.wildway.info/p/wildflower... (garden design lesson for paid subscribers)

If you care at all about wildlife please sign and share this petition to end peat-based compost sales in the UK. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... Lowland raised bogs are one of the rarest habitat types in the UK, peat is not needed for growing.

This article is full of errors, including the debunked assumption that meat made human brains grow bigger www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

My surefire wild plant mix to super charge your garden for butterflies and moths next year in only 1 metre! www.wildway.info/p/wildflower... (garden design lesson for paid subscribers)