Plant lots of insect-friendly or bird-friendly plants, either amongst your crops or nearby. They attract natural predators such as birds which eat slugs, hoverflies which eat aphids and bees which pollinate your crops. For a list of wildlife-friendly plants click here.
Sadaqah Jariyah. When a man passes away, his good deeds will also come to an end except for three: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who prays for him (for the deceased). Narrated by Abu Hurairah, Sahih Muslim.
This weekâs podcast is âTraces of an Unknown Womanâ by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, one of the most powerful â and, in places, harrowing â poems he wrote in response to artefacts from ancient Sudanese kingdoms in the collections of the Petrie Museum.Read more.ew poems by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Africaâs leading poets writing in Arabic, inspired by the unique collection of Sudanese artefacts at Londonâs Petrie Museum.