Quite a few garden projects have been started over the past few months. The relentless wet weather has meant that progress has been slow, but some things are starting to take shape now. I’m going to be writing some blog posts about specific designs, but for now here are a few photos of the general scene! These old fence posts are on their way to become some raised beds for the wildlife garden Pallet Pot Palace! The plan is to have a green roof on here too. Moving established ‘meadow’ plants from a border area where I will be placing raised beds Cardboard and woodchip mulching the border areas ..read more

Lost In Lyme - Julia Behrens , is a disease transmitted to humans by infected ticks and found throughout all areas of the UK now in woodlands, fields, parks and gardens. It remains poorly understood by public health systems at a time when the number of people being infected with this multi system illness is rapidly increasing. Patients and practitioners have found it difficult to obtain reliable and effective information, test results and treatment. ‘Lost In Lyme’ sets out to address these challenges and is a welcome accessible tool to inform and empower both people living with Lyme and the he ..read more

Kt’s Permaculture Garden - Summer & Autumn 2023 It’s just over eight months since my border collie Floss died. Two and a half seasons have passed. Ever since then I’ve had a strange low level disconnect from my garden, which is the opposite to what I predicted. Yes things have happened, (nature doesn’t  stop for grief, luckily), but it’s all felt mundane, hard work and to be honest, a bit pointless. So its been really useful today to look back at photos I’ve taken in the garden over that time and be reminded of some times where I felt my garden holding my hand as I’ve wandered through ..read more

Community Growing - Shipley In Bloom In a totally unplanned way, this year I’ve joined the volunteer planning team for Shipley Town Council’s project. Its been great to get involved with the creation of two new gardens in public spaces in the run up to the Yorkshire In Bloom judging, which happened a couple of weeks ago. I’m now looking forward to being part of the long term plans for growing spaces in Shipley which includes a lot of regenerative visioning and doing for both communities and environment.    Giving donated raised beds a makeover! New raised bed garden on the neglected ..read more

I recently created  this ‘Meadow’ t-shirt and tote design for . The ts and totes are ethically produced by Teemill and now available to buy via  - I’m currently working on some further clothing designs, sign up to my newsletter to find out when they become available.  ..read more

Floss. April 2010 - March 2023 This spring in my garden (and all other areas of my life), has been totally dominated by the death of my best buddy Floss, who died at the Equinox. At 13 years old she’d been fading for several months and although her death wasn’t unexpected, the anticipated then actual grief of loosing her from my life has been huge. As a result some core things planned for the garden this spring including taking regular photos have happened late or not at all. Here are pics of some of the activities and events which have taken place.  Early annual seeds for the edible gard ..read more

I love this South facing wall in my edible garden so much - such a great example of using microclimates.  Early January saw me sorting though my seeds to work out what I needed to order for the year ahead. It turns out, I don’t need to order any! Where do all these seeds come from!?  Mulching raised beds and the wild garden ‘edge’ with a thick layer of leaves topped with woodchip supplied by a local tree surgeon. The soil along the wild garden edge is looking, smelling and feeling SO much better in terms of fertility and structure, now into its 3rd year of this winter mulching applic ..read more

Kt’s Permaculture Garden - October 2022 The view of my edible garden (from my bedroom window), on the last day of October  The last of my bean and courgette/squash harvest (supervised by Floss) I mulched the raised bed left empty after the last of the squash and courgette harvest with the contents of one of my compost bins.  ….and then sowed phacelia as a green manure cover crop/mulch to remain in place until next spring. (The glass jar of marbles and water is an insect water station. I have several of these throughout my garden, as well as being good for insects and birds, they also ..read more

New! Tote Bags From Teemill & Winter Solstice Full Moon Cards & Prints I’m really excited to be launching a range of ethically produced tote bags featuring some of my most popular illustrations as designs.  Check out my  Winter Solstice Full Moon Cards & Prints  Check out my new Winter Solstice Full Moon cards and prints available in my  ..read more

Earth, Air, Fire, Water & Spirit - I created the first version of this tool in 2013 after participating in Starhawk’s (Permaculture Design Course) in California. Throughout the time there I gained knowledge and practice in connecting two of the most important areas of my life - Earth based spirituality and permaculture design.  ‘How can my spiritual self and practice inform my permaculture design work?’  In the years since, my Five Elements tool has evolved as my work as a permaculture practitioner & educator has progressed. This post is a basic outline of my own current tool ..read more