I rarely use loam in potting mixes - decomposed plant material is all we need. Decomposed plant material can be part of a cyclical sustainable garden. Whereas imported bagged loam often comes from natural habitats. If you want to use loam, try and use it from within your own garden.

Trying to get back into painting after a few weeks distracted with other things

A list of timely articles to jazz your garden up this weekend www.wildway.info/p/lets-grow-...

This moon mission commentary is deluded. Hasn’t changed? According to the WWF wildlife populations have fallen by an average of 73% globally in those fifty years. Not changed?

Happy spring 🌱 this is for all my flower arranger buddies who do this so much better than I do. We opened up this beautiful 1670s stone fireplace when we removed the Aga. We do little displays in it.

Let's Grow! Spring special - now is the time to give gardens a burst of love www.wildway.info/p/lets-grow-... a round up of inspiration

Purple sprouting broccoli is so sweet picked fresh and eaten straight away. By picking, more shoots grow.

I’m slowly updating my main website to better reflect the direction of large scale wildlife focussed projects I’m working on in gardens www.jackwallington.com

A terrible decision, and one which will do huge damage to the Government's climate credentials. As Ed knows, this drilling won't lower bills, but instead it sends a clear message that Britain won't be a world leader on ending oil and gas exploitation

A weekend read or short listen on sexuality, gardens and how the gardener and garden are intertwined www.wildway.info/p/sex-in-gar...

I’ve gone on a journey with muscari in this corner, and blue overall. I like blue flowers but our garden always veers to pink and warmth, blue flowers change the atmosphere. Yet blue goes very well with pink and purple. By adding a pink Pulmonaria this patch of grape hyacinths works in my head.

A garden centre with free plants? Your garden www.wildway.info/p/divide-per...

I love the gardening world but there are few times I am truly proud of it. This is one of those moments when @sallynex.bsky.social explains why peat needs to stay in bogs. Gardeners and garden designers get a bad rep in conservation circles but I promise there are many gardeners doing all we can.

Did you know there's a garden centre where plants are free? In your garden, here's my whirlwind guide to how... www.wildway.info/p/divide-per... (lesson for paid subs)

We'll have to Askham why he thinks that (I keep making this joke even though no one at all finds it funny)

A new lesson for paid subscribers, a deep dive into dividing plants with lots of examples from our garden. Save hundreds of pounds this easter! www.wildway.info/p/divide-per...

Gannet chicks are being slaughtered in Scotland in the name of tradition. This has to stop. ✍️ Sign the petition to end the Guga hunt today: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...

Now with a saucy voiceover (spoiler: it’s not saucy, sorry, but I do say sex and naked a few times) open.substack.com/pub/wildway/...

Emma's 'find the owl' game is back!

Sex in gardens - temperature isn’t the only thing rising www.wildway.info/p/sex-in-gar...

March gardening ideas: what to harvest, sow and grow now www.wildway.info/p/march-gard...

It seems we are close to the end of the badger cull - it is brutal and wrong - it has long been highlighted that badgers are an unlikely vector for the spread of TB to cattle. It's always been more likely introducing untested cows or poor hygiene.

On WildWay.info I have a weekly free newsletter and a weekly paid subscriber newsletter. I share wildflower, habitat and wildlife content free, while complex garden guides- book style content -is for subscribers wanting that detail. Subscriptions cover my time to produce so much content. Thank you.

How big should a new patio be? This guide helps home owners and professionals work out the right size - the aim is to reduce the amount of paving in gardens while still keeping them usable for us. www.wildway.info/p/how-big-sh... (lesson for paid subscribers £26/yr)

If the Government wants to make a difference to people’s every day lives, it needs to decouple electricity prices from wholesale gas. Immediately passing the savings of renewables onto us the consumer instead of shareholder profits. Easy, obvious. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Tuuuuurnips

Here is one of many national electricity generation dashboards www.energydashboard.co.uk/live

"Cheap renewable power will transform British lives as dramatically as the NHS once did." observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The hawthorn in front of our house currently has Greenfinch, Longtailed tit, Chaffinch and Blackbird following each other round for food

Daffodil respect

Should really be front page news, the amount of energy produced by renewables - it would help people understand the importance

despite war, geopolitics, & the other concurrent crises, Amur tigers still walk the forests of the Russian Far East oblivious to these external factors that impact their survival. Here's a fresh photo of a mom & cub at Land of the Leopard National Park - let's not forget the wild things that need us

I have my first column in this weekend’s Financial Times House & Home eco-living special 🌱 💞 The team asked me to answer the question is the gravel garden all it’s cracked up to be? The answer is complex - even more complex than many would think.

Padrons potted up, already winning today

Pot’s growing on? This week it’s sowing tomatoes, planting potatoes, sowing outdoor salad, potting up padrons, sowing mangetout and trying to work out where I’m going to plant a huge army of new perennials! www.wildway.info/p/pots-growi...

This tank was empty at the start of the week! Always amazes me when the water fairy visits

Please can I have a second opinion that this is dead man's fingers Xylaria polymorpha?

Please can I get a second opinion that this is a tree bumblebee?(I'm trying to get second opinions of most things this year)

Our first primrose seedlings! Of course, they’re in the path.

Pot's Growing On? Perennial and annual veg, plus much more! www.wildway.info/p/pots-growi...

Beavering well www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bloomin’ green agenda, wanting to lower our bills, create energy independence and security, clean air, all while saving our liveable planet for people to continue existing… forever

Quite a pivot

🦔 probably won’t make a difference but had to try

10 of the best veg and fruit to grow for the least hassle and highest yield www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Zero degrees and a frost wilting new growth but the sun is bright and blasting the cold away today

It’s frustrating no one from @labouruk.bsky.social ever responds - it’s not like we’re asking for anything bad. We’re trying to help the Government from continuing to destroy peatland when the entire gardening industry is calling for a level playing field. @marycreagh.bsky.social

And still our Government fails us on this simple issue to fix. I remember coming into the world of garden writing and everyone was worn down by the lack of action from Government. I couldn’t understand how they had given up. Yet here I am another ten years later! I’ll never give up but I understand.

I've updated my studio homepage as part of a bigger refresh to better explain and position what we do further into meaningful projects www.jackwallington.com - design often gets a bad rep because it's seen as all about paving, but that isn't today's design world. Good design is problem solving.

You know that meme of daffodils having a go at the one who declared “spring!” too soon? There they are face down bottom left. ❄️ ☃️