We’re a family business in New Quay, Wales, recycling crushed whelk shells for plants and gardens 🐚🌵 Busnes teuluol o Cei Newydd, yn ailgylchi cregyn
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An afternoon well spent.
I decided to adorn our Indian Cart with some summery planters. I’ve topped the pots with our crushed shells, which will help retain moisture during the Summer months, they look prettier than soil and will help to deter slugs too.
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That’s one downside of terracotta, being porous and breathable. I find that adding vermiculite to the compost can help to retain moisture
How upsetting. I get this occasionally. I’ve learnt to just delete and block. life’s too short. Sending you a hug 🤍
I’ve written a blog. Some behind the scenes musings from our smallholding in West Wales. wix.to/B5PdScw?ref=2_so.
this beautiful natural resource. After many months of research and development and finally coming up with a name - Shell on Earth was born.
We’re proud to be stocked at over 150 gift shops, plant shops and garden centres nationwide including Kew Gardens and National Trust. 3/3
Currently in its third generation, we now specialise in processing whelks.
In 2019 we launched Shell on Earth as a way of recycling the shells that are a by-product of our processing. We’re unable to put them back into the sea so we had to find a creative way of utilising 2/3