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Businesses across Tayside and Fife call for support after Covid guidance sparks wave of cancellations

Pubs and restaurants across Tayside and Fife have taken a blow this weekend after new Covid guidance sparked a chain of cancellations.

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How to help the wildlife in your garden survive the winter

As the mercury plummets, Dundee garden centre boss Ross Turriff has some hints for helping your garden wildlife survive the winter.

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Home Harvesting: Growing our own produce takes root during pandemic

Home Harvesting: Growing our own produce takes root during pandemic © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Ross Turriff, co-owner of Jessie s Kitchen For brilliant recipes, the best of local produce, fresh ideas and insight, subscribe to our weekly Food and Drink Newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Food and Drink Newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Harvesting of homegrown fruit, vegetables and herbs has surged in popularity over the past 12 months. With people being largely confined to their homes since March 2020, documenting the growth of seedlings and watering pots became a ritual to many. Many discovered that you don’t need to be an expert in the field to grow your own produce – or even have a garden for that matter. All that’s required is some basic equipment, seeds or seedlings, compost, pots and, of course, patience.

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Peatland loss: would compost ban help cut carbon emissions

Updated: May 4, 2021, 9:19 am © Steve MacDougall / DCT Media Compost-based peat should be banned to help Scotland’s climate, campaigners have said. Restoring peatlands, found locally in Perthshire, Angus and some parts of Fife, is an important step towards cutting carbon emissions and meeting climate change goals. But peat is still used in many forms of commercial compost, leading to calls for local gardeners and retailers to find an alternative. Demand for peat in compost growing Andrew Llanwarne is a Friends of the Earth Tayside co-ordinator. He said it was “disappointing” that big-chain garden centres still sell peat-based products. “The loss of peatland is a major contributor to our carbon emissions.”

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Bloomin marvellous: Garden centres across Tayside and Fife welcome back customers

Updated: April 5, 2021, 5:35 pm © Steven Brown/DCT Media Green-fingered shoppers across Tayside and Fife welcomed the reopening of garden centres today. Easter Monday saw some more easing of lockdown measures in Scotland, with a number of shops allowed to reopen. With the day being a holiday for many, some centres had people queuing up eagerly at opening time. The Bridgend Garden Centre in Ladybank Road in Freuchie, Fife, had people waiting to get in 10 minutes before opening. Customer assistant Finlay Methven said on Monday morning: “It’s been very busy. We opened at 9am – there were people queueing up at 8.50am waiting to get in.

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