Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
Views and opinions expressed in this Nature Blog are those of the author.
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Bees Needs June
Saturday 3rd June 2023
I went to a very informative talk on garden bees at RHS Wisley last week, presented by bee enthusiast Jean Vernon. In the UK we have just one variety of honey bee, over 250 varieties of solitary bee
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Ready to Grow!
Saturday 20th May 2023
Last Sunday we held our annual Plant Sale – a great success, despite what had been a difficult early growing season – the waiting crowds had to be held by our vigilant marshalls!
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May days
Tuesday 9th May 2023
It has been an eventful, royal and poignant start to the month – May Day, the coronation of King Charles III and the funerals of George Loosemore and Joe Sell
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You say, 'Weeds'....
Monday 1st May 2023
Happy May Day! After a weekend of much welcome warmer weather I’m nursing a sore and aching back from too much vigorous pulling up of dandelions, geums, cleavers, marjoram and other ‘wild plants’ that have over-zealously self-seeded in the plot beds!
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PQT and Pollinator Patch
Friday 21st April 2023
We held our annual Plotholders’ Question Time, back to back with a re-run of Seedy Sunday last weekend – we were lucky with warm sun as we were outside. The panellists covered a range of topics from how to grow the best soft fruit to 101 ways of using rhubarb – some delicious suggestions were on offer.