Turning your garden into a happy haven for wildlife helps the environment, provides hours of fun for children, educates them about nature – and makes it aesthetically appealing. Here are top tips for attracting insects and animals into your garden: Grow pollen-rich plants Nectar-...

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

1.    Don’t forget to pack a stash of old carrier bags when you go Christmas present shopping. Okay, so they might not look as attractive as brand new ones, but it’s far more eco-friendly.2.    If you must send traditional paper Christmas cards, as opposed to e-cards, make sure t...

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

1 Invite a friend Walking is a simple, cheap and popular form of exercise, and it will be much easier to get your child on board if one of his friends comes, too.2 Watch wildlife Research by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds shows that spending time in natural environ...

willows to make a new hedge, but planting is one of the most important things that you can do in your garden.Trees provide shelter and food for animals, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and improve the soil underneath them.Make green gifts. We all

-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

the effects of birdsong for those who live in both rural and urban areas as well as determining whether there is a distinction between different breeds, and if real birdsong has a different effect than when it is recorded.For more details and to follow

: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

to the shops on foot or shop on the internet to reduce your carbon footprint.  More green living from Junior:Five ways to pack an eco-friendly lunchSimple solutions to save the planet