Hello everyone! How are we all doing? In this post I am interviewing the amazing Megan from Bird's Bees who runs a fantastic small business. Hope you enjoy. The lovely Megan and companion from Bird's Bees. Image from Bird's Bees. Hello Megan, please introduce yourself and your amazing bee friendly business. Hello everyone I'm Meg, [...]
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Top 5 Natural, Eco Friendly Hand Sanitisers.
Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and well and are feeling good. If you aren't feeling great, keep going, you don't have to feel perfect and productive everyday, so be kind to yourself. Today I want to talk to you about hand sanitisers. Now we are all using hand sanitisers so much more [...]
Plastic Free July.
We're now a week into July, whether the weather agrees is a different matter. And with the start of the seventh month of the year comes a new challenge. No, it is not maintaining social distancing in a pub - but trying to make this month a plastic free month. Now I am going to [...]
A Hare-y Encounter.
Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well. Today I want to talk you through a magical wildlife encounter I had last year, which added fuel to the fire of my love of the natural world and UK wildlife. That's not to say that there has only been one occasion - that would be a [...]
Colt and Willow; Eco-friendly Cleaning Products.
Hello there, and welcome to another post on Foxglove and Bee. Now more than ever we are making sure our homes and places of work are thoroughly clean. But sadly, many of our modern and effective cleaning products are in plastic bottles and also contain harsh chemicals, which can be dangerous if misused. So I [...]
Nature and Folklore
Hello there and welcome to a new series on Foxglove and Bee; Nature and Folklore! Each 'episode' will look at a particular species in nature and the folklore surrounding them and their significance throughout the years. In this episode, I shall be looking at Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). Hawthorn. Hawthorn in Folklore. Hawthorn is one of [...]
The Wildlife Trusts “30 days wild” challenge: Week One!
Hello everyone. Thank you for joining me for another blog post. I really appreciate it, and if you could spread the word or if you would like to contribute any ideas, I would be very grateful. Monday the 1st of June saw the start of the Wildlife Trust's annual 30 days wild challenge. This is [...]
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