Urban Garden Press

The Thing Nobody Warned Me About Before I Built My First Raised Bed I built my first raised bed in early spring, filled it with a good-quali...

Buying Eco Products Is Not the Same as Being More Sustainable. The Industry Would Prefer You Did Not Know That. When I started paying attent...

Most Sentimental Clutter Is Not Actually Sentimental. Here Is What It Actually Is. I spent a long time treating everything in a certain box ...

The Garlic Clove You Plant From the Supermarket Will Probably Not Grow Into a Full Bulb.  The first time I grew garlic, I used cloves from a...

Leaving Your Tap Water to Sit Overnight Probably Does Not Work Anymore. Here Is Why. For years, I kept a jug of tap water on the kitchen cou...

Your Home Is Organised by Room. It Should Be Organised by Activity. When I moved into my current flat, I organised everything by the room it...

Most "Easy to Grow" Vegetable Lists Were Written for a Damp, Cool Climate. Here Is What Actually Grows Easily in the Heat. When I ...

The Kitchen Sponge Is Probably the Most Bacteria-Laden Object in Your Home A few years ago, I made a deliberate effort to replace the synthe...

The Junk Drawer Is Not the Problem. The Junk Drawer Spreading Into Three Drawers Is. Every home organisation system I have ever read treats ...

The Mulch I Put Down Every Spring Was Slowly Starving My Vegetables For two growing seasons, my vegetable beds produced plants that looked c...

Mineral Sunscreen May Be Better for the Ocean. It isn't always better for your skin I switched to mineral sunscreen about three years ag...

The Bedroom Is the One Room Where Organisation Directly Affects Your Health I reorganised my bedroom mostly for practical reasons about eigh...