Welcome

coopette.com is the online home of Emma Cooper.

Emma Cooper is a freelance writer and podcaster. She is a keen gardener and lives in Oxfordshire with husband Pete and two pet chickens - Hen Solo and Princess Layer.

On this site you can read her garden diary, Fluffius Muppetus, listen to the The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast and check out some examples of Emma's articles.

If you would like to use any of Emma's articles, sponsor an episode of the Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast or hire Emma to write articles or podcasts for you, then please send an email. I am also happy to review gardening books and products.

News

May 2009

The Alternative Kitchen Garden has been shortlisted for an Observer Ethical Award 2009, in the Ethical Garden category.

‘Good Life Garden’ published in the June 2009 edition of Home Farmer magazine.

Country Gardener magazine has found a new owner, and my Eco Gardens series is carrying on. ‘Allotment Chic’ appears in the May 2009 edition, published 15th May.

Posted 2 May 2009, 12:40.  

April 2009

Eco-Garden: Grow Your Own Teapot‘ published in Country Gardener, a free publication.

Posted 1 April 2009, 08:44.  

March 2009

Eco-Garden: Creating a new vegetable bed published in Country Gardener, a free publication.

Growing Vegetables is Fun - 2009

The second edition of the ‘Growing Vegetables is Fun’ Bookazine has just been re-issued for 2009. There’s a very colourful new cover and the cover price this year is just £5.99, which includes 4 free packets of seeds to get your garden started. The Bookazine is on sale at on sale at Tesco, Sainsbury (later on in the month) WHSmith, Borders, Amazon.co.uk and Magbooks.com.

Posted 1 March 2009, 08:00.   Comment [1]

February 2009

Are you chitting comfortably? on the Guardian Gardening Blog.

Posted 5 February 2009, 12:22.  

December 2008

Eco-Garden: Water Wise Gardening published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 9th article in a 9 part series.

‘How to Compost With Coffee’ appears in the December issue of Maximum Yield. You can download a free PDF copy of the article here.

Posted 1 December 2008, 09:13.  

October 2008

Eco-Garden: No Dig Gardening‘ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 8th article in a 9 part series.

Posted 30 October 2008, 09:11.  

September 2008

Eco-Garden: Seed Saving‘ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 7th article in a 9 part series.

Posted 2 September 2008, 08:56.  

August 2008

Eco-Garden: Wildlife Gardening‘ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 6th article in a 9 part series.

In some editions, ‘On the Roof in Reading’, my article about the RISC Roof Garden, is also being published.

Posted 1 August 2008, 09:36.  

July 2008

Posted 1 July 2008, 09:38.  

June 2008

‘Eco-Garden: The Green Lawn’ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 4th article in a 9 part series.

Posted 1 June 2008, 09:40.  

May 2008

‘Eco-Garden: Companion Planting’ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 3rd article in a 9 part series.

Posted 1 May 2008, 09:40.  

April 2008

‘Eco-Garden: Dealing with pests’ published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 2nd article in a 9 part series.

Posted 1 April 2008, 09:41.  

March 2008

Posted 1 March 2008, 09:41.  

October 2007

‘The Lady’s Slipper, the Fat Baby and the Exploding Cucumber’ is published in issue 54 of Permaculture Magazine

Posted 1 October 2007, 09:46.  

August 2007

Emma’s article ‘Roof Top Oasis Revisited’ appears in issue 53 of Permaculture Magazine

Posted 1 August 2007, 09:46.