http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:38:01 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=711 You don’t need 50 acres to be able to grow your own potatoes, you can grow potatoes in pots or containers on your patio, along the side of your drive or even on a balcony and growing potatoes is not nearly as complicated as most people think. We use large buckets or tubs placed around [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/grow-your-own-potatoes-in-containers/feed/ 22 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-best-allotment-blogs-growing-vegetables/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-best-allotment-blogs-growing-vegetables/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:33:04 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=294 I’m always on the hunt for new blogs to read, tips to try out and photos to go ooo ahhhh at, so I thought I would share some of my best finds with you. Here are a collection of 5 British blogs about allotments and veggie’s, how to grow them (the vegetables, not the allotments) [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-best-allotment-blogs-growing-vegetables/feed/ 17 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:41:35 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=210 Do you know how to recycle your chisrtmas tree? Don’t just send it to landfill, it takes little effort to have it recycled. Now the festivities are over households all over the UK will be taking down their trees and storing their decorations away. But what to do with that christmas tree, usually dragged into [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/help-countryside-garden-wildlife-survive-the-winter/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/help-countryside-garden-wildlife-survive-the-winter/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:17:06 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=204 By providing some suitable areas of hibernation and nutritious food we can help our countryside garden wildlife survive the winter months. Here are a few simple things we can do to help our garden wildlife in winter but won’t take much time or effort, so there is no excuse! There are three ways wildlife can [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/help-countryside-garden-wildlife-survive-the-winter/feed/ 10 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/10-tips-to-attract-wildlife-to-your-garden/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/10-tips-to-attract-wildlife-to-your-garden/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:24:59 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=155 Is your garden teeming with wildlife or a sculptured vision devoid of life? Whether you live in ten acre plot, a town house or even a flat, there are ways to attract wildlife to your garden. Even a window box in a flat or pots on a balcony can attract wildlife if you choose the [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/10-tips-to-attract-wildlife-to-your-garden/feed/ 15 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:17:12 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=137 There are a number of reasons to grow your own and if you have been putting it off then read these top 5 reasons to grow your own and then get out in the garden and start digging. If you are elderly or unwell then get a friend or relative to start you off by [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/5-reasons-to-grow-your-own/feed/ 1 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:05:28 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=115 If you want to build your own greenhouse you may do as I did and type “build your own greenhouse” into a search engine only to find pages of websites selling books on how to build your own greenhouse. I don’t want a book, it really isn’t that hard to build a greenhouse. I am [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/feed/ 5 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:15:30 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=114 Growing your own vegetables can be both rewarding and frustrating, depending on how the years crop does. However when they grow well there is nothing like a basket of your own home grown veg, where you know for certain what has been sprayed onto them. Country Life recently published an article stating that “Vegetable seed [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-start-growing-your-own-vegetables/feed/ 2 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/attract-wild-birds-to-your-garden/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/attract-wild-birds-to-your-garden/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:13:08 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/2008/03/17/attract-wild-birds-to-your-garden/ When we think of wildlife we often consider donning our anorak and wellies and trudging through a damp forest to get a glimpse of something feathery or furry. There is no need to leave your own home if you have a garden and put a little effort into attracting wildlife. Birds are particularly easy to [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/attract-wild-birds-to-your-garden/feed/ 28