2 w. ago PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows

Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked onlineA leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation.The Eat-Lancet Commission study, published in 2019, set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gardeners told to avoid one important mistake when mowing the lawn this spring

A gardening expert has shared a clever trick to boost your lawn this spring - and it involves avoiding the lawnmower in certain places. It's good for wildlife too

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3 w. ago Gardeners told to avoid job that's a 'magnet for slugs' eating their way through plants

Gardening experts have shared their top tips for growing fruit and vegetables - including how to avoid attracting slugs and when to avoid watering your plants

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3 w. ago Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge

Jacobite leader was unknowingly ‘following the footprints’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gardener's 'brilliant trick' to keep slugs away from plants by dehydrating them

Horticulturist and TV gardening expert David Domoney appeared on ITV This Morning to share his top tips for deterring slugs and snails from eating plants

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last month Gardeners urged to grow 3 plants to stop caterpillars eating everything

Pests are often part of a garden's eco-system, but they can also wreak havoc with plants - caterpillars included. But three plants could fend them off entirely

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