Bloom Magazine - Issue 12

Summer 2022.

Issue 12 is packed with things to do, stories from nature and an unbounded enthusiasm for this wonderful planet we call home.

If you're looking for expert gardening tips, you'll find a guide to ditching pricey compost in favour of the ancient practice of hugelkultur, pro hints on growing salvias, a brilliant piece on designing an immersive back garden (in even the smallest urban space) and a how-to on taking cuttings. There's also recipes for biodynamic plant remedies and advice on sowing a flowering lawn.

This issue also dishes up stories on crustaceans, growers making booze and gardeners who have inherited the land they garden on. There's top political nature books, gooseberry recipes, a 101 on natural dyes and a step-by-step on making string from nettles... Do not miss this!