Quick Links 16th February 2016

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

Antevernals in the Anthropocene [Last Word on Nothing Blog]

Swansea tidal energy scheme faces ‘disastrous setback’ from government review [The Guardian]

Fracking in Lancashire against locals’ wishes would be a terrible injustice – Mark Ruffalo [The Guardian]

Your Dog Needs This Basic Operating Manual. So Do You. [Brian Beker – Citizen Times]

‘Phony peach’: the disease that threatens to devastate Britain’s trees and plants [The Guardian]

Europe’s climate change goals ‘need profound lifestyle changes’ [The Guardian]

The innovators: how your coffee can light up your barbecue … and boiler [The Guardian]

EDF under pressure to abandon Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project [The Independent]

Flint isn’t alone: America has a coast-to-coast toxic crisis [Grist]

The Week in Wildlife – in pictures [The Guardian]

Quick Links 9th February 2016

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

No More Strawberries At Wimbledon (Edie Blog)

Elephants are being killed on a massive scale. There is a way to stop this [The Guardian – Patrick Barkham]

We’re drowning in cheap oil – yet still taxpayers prop up this toxic industry [The Guardian – George Mobiot]

The Misadventures of Garbage Dog [Last Word on Nothing Blog]

This Week In Wildlife In Pictures [The Guardian]

Mark Ruffalo message to David Cameron on fracking

Quick Links 2nd February 2016

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

MIGHTY MINESTRONE & OTHER WINTER WARMERS  [Hole Food Family Blog]

Analysis: The UK’s ‘looming’ electricity supply gap [Carbon Brief]

Don’t knock dead whale selfies [The Guardian]

The Week In Wildlife – In pictures [The Guardian]

Chicken Cordon Bleu for the Regular Dude

Quick Links 26th January 2016

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

The Week In Wildlife (ending 15/1/16) – In Pictures [The Guardian]

Environmentalists warn of disaster for Everglades if oil fracking bill passes [The Guardian]

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. [The Dog In The Clouds Blog]

The Week In Wildlife (ending 22/1/16) – In Pictures [The Guardian]

Why are some British newspapers still denying climate change? [The Guardian]

Record hot years near impossible without manmade climate change [The Guardian]

‘It’s all just poison now’: Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis [The Guardian]

HOW TO MAKE CREME FRAICHE [Mom’s Food Blog]

 

Quick Links 12th January 2016

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

Climate change could dry up global power production, study warns [The Guardian]

The best way to honour Charles Rothschild’s legacy is to cherish Britain’s wild places [The Guardian]

London zoo conducts its annual animal stocktake – in pictures [The Guardian]

Make Cold Pressed Coffee [Mom’s Food Blog]

A sarcophagus in the greenhouse [The Guardian Country Diary]

Tracey Curtis-Taylor finishes UK to Australia biplane flight [BBC News]

12 Houseplants That Are Dangerous to Dogs (and Cats!) [The Bark Blog]

The Week In Wildlife – In Pictures [The Guardian]

Endangered: the police unit that protects wildlife from human cruelty [The Guardian]

EU scientists begin review of ban on pesticides linked to bee declines [The Guardian]

Human impact has pushed Earth into the Anthropocene, scientists say [The Guardian]

Warm winter at an end as cold snap brings relief for Britain’s birds [The Guardian]

Quick Links 1st December 2015

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

Little Sister: the third Pieter Vos book [davidhewson.com]

Festive Gingerbread Stars [Hole Food Family Blog]

The Dog In The Clouds [The Dog In The Clouds Blog]

When I’m sixty-four: world’s oldest tracked bird returns to refuge with mate [The Guardian]

The Week In Wildlife In Pictures [The Guardian]

The Atlas Snow Arch Greenhouse Build Part 6 Covering the Greenhouse With Greenhouse Film [YouTube]

Quick Links 24th November 2015

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

 Cats Scared by Cucumbers [Huffington Post]

The Week in Wildlife – in pictures [The Guardian]

Gennaro Contaldo | Braised Rabbit & Pumpkin Stew [YouTube]

The Atlas Snow Arch Greenhouse Build Part 5 Installing doors and covering the end walls [YouTube]

How I Built Our DIY Hoop House (Greenhouse), pt. 2: Door & Plastic Cover [YouTube]

Quick Links 17th November 2015

Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read or just sparked my interest in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.

Britain loses top energy rating [Guardian]

World’s Climate About to Enter Uncharted Territory after it passes 1C of warming [Guardian]

Will Reintroduced Lynx Hunt Britains Sheep? [Guardian]

The Week In Wildlife In Pictures [Guardian]

Harissa Roast Chicken & Warming Bone Broth and Tomato & Basil Risotto meets Harissa Chicken Bone Broth [Hole Food Family Blog]