February 2017 – groweatgift

Memories of Kindness

Looking through old boxes can bring memories to the fore. I recently spent an afternoon helping my mum sort through

It’s easy to take trees for granted. However, as the lungs of the earth, they deserve more appreciation. I think

Nature is less showy at this time of year than it is in the spring and summer. However, there is

There is something soothing about following the flow of the seasons: planting in spring, growing in summer, harvesting in autumn

Valentine’s Day has become a consumerist explosion of teddy bears and restaurant offers, with so much obligation to ‘be romantic’

This week, I learned that February was once known as Solmonath, via a post on #FolkloreThursday (a great hashtag to