Kim Stoddart tears up the gardening rule book in pursuit of a more relaxed style of gardening. In the past two years I’ve figured out how to garden without spending a penny on seeds,tools or plants. My initial nagging worry that it wouldn’t be possible, or I’d be lost out in some way soon transformed into a realisation that a) it’s completely doable and b) I don’t need to buy in all the things I’m supposed to anyway. What started out as a challenge has become a liberation.
It’s seen me breaking rules in the interests of my thrifty experiment and finding the experience to be good; distinguished in fact. I’ve turned into a badly behaved gardener, and which is why from now on I’ll be writing approximately my enthusiastically naughty explorations and adventures. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com