Our Autumn 2025 planting programme marked another successful step in our ongoing biodiversity projects. Volunteers, residents, and the local school eco club came together to improve our green spaces by […]
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Join Sustainable Living in the Heatons for our Autumn 2025 spring bulb planting events.This event will be at Heaton Mersey Common (accessing via Mersey Road SK4 3BJ) on Sunday 23
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By Alec and Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH Most people think gardening is just for enjoyment – and it is fun – but gardening is also a way to
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By Alec and Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH Wondering if there are different ways to start seeds? This post is about four of the different methods you can use
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By Zoe Patrick on behalf of SLH In 2023, we had an idea that we wanted to use some green land at the top of Briars Mount to plant some spring
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By Dorothy Connor on behalf of SLH Rosemary is for remembrance, having a connection with the passing of loved ones that goes back millenia. In the play “Hamlet”, Ophelia says “There’s
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By Alec and Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH Are you thinking about how you could make your garden more eco-friendly? What we choose to grow in our own gardens
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By Diana Scotcher on behalf of SLH This article was originally written for the December edition of Heatons Post It was 10 years ago that we built the eye-catching bed for herbs in
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By Kell Degnen from Marbury Road Edible Garden The volunteers at Marbury Road Edible Garden are celebrating a successful end to the 2023 growing season after receiving a prestigious award for our
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By Dorothy Connor on behalf of SLH It’s unsurprising that coriander leaves look like flat parsley — coriander is related to parsley as well as to celery. Coriander, also called Cilantro,
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