pollinators

How to Create your own Butterfly Garden

How to Create your own Butterfly Garden

26/10/2023

Butterflies are one of the most charismatic of all garden visitors, with their vividly coloured wings and elegant flight arcs. Species like Red Admiral, Peacock...

26/10/2023

Creating a Perennial Garden - Part 1

Creating a Perennial Garden - Part 1

12/02/2020

The vegetable garden is still pretty quiet this week, so I thought we would return to ornamental gardening and look at some of the plans for my garden and some i...

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12/02/2020

Moths - The Unseen Nocturnal Pollinator

Moths - The Unseen Nocturnal Pollinator

05/09/2019

I thought we'd do one last 'Friday Facts' on unsung pollinator heroes before moving on to another subject next week. Today I am taking a quick look at moths as t...

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05/09/2019

Another unsung pollinator hero - the Hoverfly!

Another unsung pollinator hero - the Hoverfly!

04/09/2019

This Friday I thought we'd continue looking at pollinators as we had such a good response from our first 'Friday Facts' on solitary bees. Solitary bees tend to b...

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04/09/2019

Top Pollinator Plants - Phacelia tanactetifolia

Top Pollinator Plants - Phacelia tanactetifolia

18/08/2019

Green Manures Green manures are 'crops' which are sown to cover bare soil and do a number of jobs depending on the species like protecting soil, storing nitroge...

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18/08/2019

The Fabulous Solitary Bee

The Fabulous Solitary Bee

12/08/2019

I don't know whether you know this already but of the 267 species of bee in the U.K. and Ireland, 90% of them are solitary bees. Solitary bees don't produce...

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12/08/2019

10,000 Bees

10,000 Bees

16/10/2013

I rarely get out these days but myself and Niall always try to squeeze in a relaxing pint on a Friday evening. Pubs whether you like or loath them are great p...

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16/10/2013

Letters to a Beekeeper

Letters to a Beekeeper

13/10/2013

As I've mentioned in my bee article I have accidentally ended up with a hive of bees. This is all fine and well but clearly I need to learn a lot more about t...

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13/10/2013