A Weed Worth $Billions – Seaweed

Lauren Alex O’ Hagan, Cardiff University

Header image: What makes more sense: Sending a human or a robot to Mars? Credit: Juergen Faelchle/Shutterstock.com

When I bought my first house, way back in 2001, I was already an environmentalist. It started – as it so often does – with a childhood love of animals and a desire to save them. Back then it was all about dolphin-friendly tuna, the ozone layer, and and Food Miles. That first house came with a recycle bin, and to begin with we were one of the only households in the street to make use of it. We watched as recycling became more mainstream, and more people started putting their recycling out, and then as rubbish collections shrank and the hold-outs were forced to recycle.

Header image: An Indonesian traditional seaweed farm in Nusa Penuda, Bali. (Shutterstock)

Henchman has teamed up with The English Garden to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a 6ft Fully Adjustable Tripod Ladder, worth £339.

In the wide spectrum of horticulture, marigolds have long been considered the darlings, their gilded hues a testament to their name! Here are some Exotic Marigold Varieties that you mustn’t miss!

CJ Wildlife has teamed up with The English Garden to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a National Trust Queens Bird Table, worth £119.99.

So like everyone else you have weeds you want to ‘get rid of’ and here is how.

When is a weed not a weed? Well not very often if it is growing in the wrong place. If you have planted Persicaria then that is Knot a weed it is a notweed or not depending on your spelling.

Decorative gardens can benefit from growing seedheads for their own sake. Flowers With Seedheads

The 18th century Union Jack Gardens at Wentworth Castle were originally called the ‘wilderness’. It was dense with shapes, texture and contrasts of shade and light. Now it may be a suitable place to take a seat in the garden and see the original Yew trees and the variegated ‘creamed’ Hollies.

Ulex europaeus better known as Gorse, furze, furse or whin is a very prickly shrub of the pea family. Western gorse Ulex gallii is frequent in the western side of Britain and is relatively low growing yet robust. Dwarf gorse or Ulex minor is a low growing, sprawling shrub.