Articles by Alice Griffin
Alice Griffin |
Sunday, 23rd October 2011
In this short story, Alice tells us what it's like to live life on the road... but in her case, the road is a canal and her vehicle is a narrow boat
Alice Griffin |
Monday, 18th July 2011
Over the last few weeks Alice has been telling us all about the urban roof garden she created atop her narrowboat. But when your gardening space is limited to a small area that floats, where do you put the compost heap?
Alice Griffin |
Friday, 17th June 2011
After down-shifting to live on a boat, Alice Griffin then had to decide how to grow her vegetable garden in such a small space. With a bit of cunning, she managed to make raised beds light enough to grow vegetables on fragile structures such as her narrowboat roof.
Alice Griffin |
Wednesday, 1st June 2011
Ever wanted to downshift and live on a boat? Alice Griffin and her family decided to give up living in a house and moved on to a narrowboat on a canal. Here is the first in a series about how they practise permaculture in a tiny moving space and tips on how to build small, light raised beds to grow vegetables on fragile structures like a narrowboat roof.
Alice Griffin |
Tuesday, 15th March 2011