Jun
13
2009
0

Gardeners’ World Live & the Good Food Show at the NEC

Highlights…

a carnivorous pitcher plant

a carnivorous pitcher plant

a fly catcher from Akamba

a rather phallic fly catcher from Akamba

  • Scary-looking half-plant/half-animals from the Carnivorous Plant Society,
  • Exotic plants and art from Akamba, in Solihull,
  • Scrumptious cakes and tarts from Global Fusion, a Creole vegan bakery,
  • Smelling the garden beach huts – very nice, but VERY extravagant,
  • Realising my garden isn’t overcrowded and haphazard, it’s a “cottage garden”,
  • Discovering fantastic British white wines from Danebury vineyard, nestled in my old stomping ground in Hampshire,
  • Seeing our very own Garden Organic enticing new members and offering expert advice from their stall right at the entrance.

    • Lowlights…

  • Everyone trundling around shopping trolleys like wheeled suitcases that get in your way at airports,

  • Not being able to afford any of the funny and gorgeous signs from Find The Three Daughters,
  • Wanting to sample Sainsbury’s new colour-coded wine classifications but realising we’d have to sit through 15 minutes of sales waffle first,
  • Lots of microphone-clad salesmen showing off blenders, hoovers, massagers and loads of other unexciting stuff,
  • Lots of big brands that didn’t add much quality or ‘wow’ factor,
  • A plastic “goodie-bag” full of Nestle cereals, L’Oreal adverts and an aerosol of whitening toothpaste (although boyfriend classes this as a highlight!).
    • Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else, Food, Glorious Food, Green Fingers |
    May
    19
    2009
    0

    That’s swan happy family!

    A pair of swans have made Cov canal basin their home and every year they nest up, ready for a new family of cygnets.

    Cygnet Ring by left-hand @Flickr

    Cygnet Ring by left-hand @Flickr

    I pass them (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    May
    19
    2009
    0

    Poor blog

    Poor lonesome blog has suffered lately. But no more.

    Blog (detall) by Lady Madonna @ Flickr

    Blog (detall) by Lady Madonna @ Flickr

    I’m about to launch a (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    15
    2009
    0

    Big fishies in Japan

    Two different views of sea creatures from Japan.

    Greenpeace Japan are keeping a close watch on (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    14
    2009
    0

    Fir tree grows inside man

    Okay, so it wasn’t quite as big as this…

    … but this story’s (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    13
    2009
    0

    Ecologist ditches print


    The Ecologist is making a brave move by ditching its print version and (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    12
    2009
    3

    Chocolate taste test

    In festive fashion, we set up a blind taste test to find the best Fairtrade chocolate on the market. It’s hard work but somebody’s got to do it.

    Mmmm, choccy!

    Mmmm, choccy!

    We sampled (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    08
    2009
    4

    Underwater love

    My evil boyfriend is trying to tempt me on to a cheap flight this summer so we can swim with fishies. We went snorkelling in the Red Sea a few years ago and he’s been dying to go again ever since.

    The winning photo - a male corkwing wrasse building a nest, by Robert Bailey

    The winning photo - a male corkwing wrasse building a nest, by Robert Bailey

    I keep trying to persuade him (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    07
    2009
    0

    Buy energy-efficient lights and get airmiles in return?!

    Astonishing.

    Turn lights into flights

    Turn lights into flights


    Can this really be true?

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
    Apr
    03
    2009
    0

    Growing Coventry - it’s a greenfingered revolution!

    A campaign to get every home, school and business across the city growing their own food has been launched in today’s Coventry Telegraph.

    by sarflondondunc @ Flickr

    by sarflondondunc @ Flickr

    I’m really excited about it and the buzz seems to be (more…)

    Written by ecoexplorer in: Everything Else |
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