7 Giant Herbs You Can Grow at Home

For those who love to cook and eat a lot of salad there is nothing better than having one’s own herb garden. To grow your own herbs, it is not necessary that you should have a large garden, as you can grow them in pots or in a small section of your garden. You can even grow them in your window boxes...

Home Owners Turn to Renewable Energy as Utility Bills Rise in the Recession

Drastic rises in gas and electricity prices have left millions of households across the U.K. feeling the squeeze when it comes to energy bills. Last year alone saw a shocking £224 added to the average household’s living costs; an increase made even more daunting by budget and wage cuts made during the...

Switching to Renewable Energy Companies

Only a few years ago the customers trying to approach an eco-friendly lifestyle had no choice as to which type of electricity to use in their households. Today the landscape has changed dramatically with the Government-introduced FITs allowing us to generate our own green electricity and renewable energy...

Simple Tips for a Greener Home Office

With a growing number of people now working from home, the onus lies increasingly with freelancers as much as giant corporations to cut their carbon footprint in the workplace. Whether you’re looking to set up a new home office or want to green up your existing home workspace, we have some smart and simple...

Leaf Blower is Worse than a V8 Off-Roader

According to a very exciting experiment by Edmund’s Inside Line, a leaf blower is extremely unfriendly for the environment. For this test session they picked a Ford F-150 Raptor 4×4 with a 410BHP V8 engine, a small “eco-friendly” Fiat 500 with a 1.4-litre engine and a couple of leaf...

Vihervaja – a Multipurpose Garden Shed

Here’s something to consider for your eco garden next year. A Finnish company Kekkila has come up with this amazing combination of a greenhouse and garden shed called Vihervaja (translates as the Green Shed). They aparently thought that garden with scattered and differently styled outbuildings didn’t...