Tips For Thrifty LivingEATINGAccording to the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, every family throws away one bag of food for every three they buy, costing £400 a year. But help is at hand. The Women's Institute has just launched the Love Food Champion

They may have a sting in their tail, but there’s no denying that the buzzing bumblebee is an adorable and essential member of the British ecosystem. Despite this, the results of a survey show that many children – and adults – are not aware of the issues facing our native bee popu...

spot. If it is sunny, all the better, as sun speeds up the decomposing process. You need a balance of 'greens' and 'browns' to reap the best compost. Greens are wetter and quicker to rot and include vegetable and fruit peelings, tea bags, plant prunings

:Meats:Beef, Chicken, PorkDairy:Milk, Cheese, ButterFruit and Vegetables:Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Tomatoes, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Grapes, Celery, Potatoes, SpinachMore green living from Junior:Growing vegetables with your childHow to grow a wild flower garden

: 1.25Pine or Spruce: 3.25Elm, Ash or Beech: 2.5More green living advice from Junior:Ways to encourage birds into your gardenGrowing vegetables with your child

-energy light bulbs  They last ten times longer and use 80 per cent less energy than conventional light bulbs8. Install double glazing  It can just about halve heat loss, keeping your energy bills down9. Switch to a green energy supplier  They sell power from

and sheep and a source of nectar for bees – hence its nickname. Found from May to October, it grows to 30cm.More green living from Junior:Ten wonderful woodlands in the UKThe benefits of birdsong

of the many foraging books available about how it should be prepared. Food for free by Richard Mabey or www.wildfoodschool.co.uk are both excellent resources for identifying the best foraging areas, and what foods to avoid. More green living from Junior

plants:• Aconitum (Monkshood) • Digitalis (Foxglove) • Euphorbia (Spurge) • Helleborus (Hellebores) • Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed) • Ipomoea (Morning Glory) • Ruta (Rue) • Solanum (Woody Nightshade) • Taxus (Yew)More green living from Junior

activities for green living and the tone never strays into feeling overly prescriptive or patronising.Buy My Green Day