Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh

June 28, 2009 – 10:42 am

Living in a city I think it is easy to overlook some of tha amazing things that you can do for free. One thing I have been meaning to do for ages was keep away from the shops on Princes street and instead head down to the Royal Botanical Gardens which is less than 10 mintes walk from my flat.

I went yesterday and even though it was quite a miserable day weather wise walking round the garden was fantastic, its such an impressive place and such a treasure for Edinburgh to have.

More photos I took.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peazyshop/sets/72157620526652255/

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Eco ways to keep slugs off plants

June 21, 2009 – 7:23 pm

I went into Starbucks at the weekend and noticed that they give away their used coffee ground for free which you can use on your garden. It got me thinking because I read in a magazine article a few weeks ago that you can use coffee grounds to make a ring around your plants which slugs apparently don’t like going over. I have no idea if this works - I don’t even have a garden, but I would be interested to find out.

I asked the question on Yahoo answers - there has been a mixed response so far as to whether it works or not. Some people say yes others say no.

Other suggestions are - broken egg shells, coconut shells and beer.

Does anyone else have any other eco ways to keep slugs off plants, if so let me know.

image credit flickr

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Meat Free Mondays

June 17, 2009 – 11:24 am

I totally support the campaign that Paul McCartney has launched ‘Meat Free Monday’ to try and reduce the amount of green house gases we produce.

Being veggie its meat free every day for me, if you do it meat it is a really worthwhile thing to think about doing and will have a positive effect on the environment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/paul-mccartney-meat-free-monday

image credit flickr

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Scotland Marine Act (RSPB)

June 1, 2009 – 10:08 pm

On Sunday I did something that I wouldn’t normally do, I went bird watching on the firth of forth I thought it was going to be rubbish but it was actually a great morning out.

It was organised by the RSPB, they organised a boat to sail up the firth of forth, it left Queensferry http://maps.google.com sailed east and went round a number of islands which double up as sea bird sanctuaries.

You can see all of the photos I took here I saw some puffins, seals, gannets, razonbills, gulls and loads of other birds that I forget the name of.

One thing I learnt was that the seas around the UK have no legal protection, which is completely amazing which means that a huge variety of wildlife is under threat from over development in the future.

We were given a card by the RSPB which you could fill in to say that we supported the work the RSBP are doing and the involvement that they have with the Scottish parliament in developing a marine act which will help ensure the protection of the water around Scotland.

If you are interested in reading more about the marine bill visit the RSPB website http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/marine/scotland/marineact.asp

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