From cake to compost...
Amateur Gardening|January 02, 2021
After all the festive noshing, we should all be burning off the calories with some good old gardening, says Toby
Toby
From cake to compost...

AFTER all of the feasting Chez Buckland, a diet would probably be a good idea, but who would finish the unwanted stollen and orange cream Quality Street still rattling round in the tin?

‘Waste not, want not’ is what I say, and going without may not be necessary. Science has shown that Christmas cake intake can be offset by activity, and reaching this ‘excess equilibrium’ isn’t hard. All that’s required is a few hours of vigorous gardening.

Clearing through borders and bagging up spent leaves burns between 350-450 calories per hour – that’s the equivalent of two modest mince pies! Not only that, bending and stretching wakes up muscles that could be completely redundant – if it wasn’t for reaching into the back of the fridge for the cheese, that is.

“This is great for recycling panettone boxes”

この記事は Amateur Gardening の January 02, 2021 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Amateur Gardening の January 02, 2021 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。