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Author Archives: Earthly Comforts
Containers and the Art of Containment
A reflective, experience-led essay on container gardening in the UK—exploring soil, structure, climate and the quiet discipline of growing within limits.
Queen Insects
Queen insects are the quiet force behind insect colonies, shaping behaviour, structure, and survival through stability, reproduction, and biological signalling.
Sandwich: A Town Allowed
A reflective examination of power, governance, and authority in Sandwich, exploring how order shaped a town built on uncertain land and water.
Heat, Fatigue, and Slower Work
Why summer heat demands slower gardening, how fatigue affects judgement, and why letting your body set the pace leads to better outcomes.
Earthly Comforts 