Archive for January, 2009

I heard the term Guerilla Gardening for the first time this afternoon. There are even websites dedicated to it. Well I guess there would be. It sounds a bit more political than I had in mind: we’ve got this great new product in, it’s basically a tree in a grow bag that you start off indoors, before planting out when it’s reached sapling size…

Happy New Year! 2009 is due to be a huge year, as Obama takes office, and the world figures out how to deal with the economic and climate crises.

For me, 2008 ended with an inspiring note. On New Year’s Eve, the Today programme on Radio 4 allowed guest editor Jarvis Cocker (formerly of Pulp) to mess with the usual format. Part of his show…