Trees for Small Gardens
Choosing trees for small gardens can be a difficult and confusing decision. When you begin to look you are plunged into a rich and diverse part of nature, the choices [...]
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06, 2014
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04, 2014
An Early Finish to the Bare Root Hedging Season
It's an early spring this year and the bare root hedging and tree season is just about wrapped up, last year we were lifting bare root hedging into the middle [...]
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03, 2014
My Magnificent Manure Mountain
I can't imagine that there are many people who get a building sense of pride as their manure pile increases but the Governor and I are of those few, oddly [...]
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10, 2013
Native Hedging Plants, Matthew’s Picks
There are many native hedging plant species that make great hedges and support for your local wildlife but before I outline my best native hedging plants I have a few [...]
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09, 2013
Best Apple Varieties, Bill Beardsworth’s Picks
After plenty interest in his gooseberry opinions the Governor is back with his selection of the best apple varieties from his orchard at the farm. Bill says "Apple trees are [...]
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08, 2013
Best Gooseberry Varieties, Bill Beardsworth’s Picks.
Bill Beardsworth (The Governor) has made his selection of the best gooseberry varieties from his fruit garden at the farm. Bill says, "These varieties I find particularly suited to the [...]
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08, 2013
Wholesale Nursery Shows Good Sales for 2012/13
After a few years in the doldrums our wholesale nursery has been seeing a good increase in sales to new build housing and large development projects which mirrors the general [...]
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07, 2013
Honey Production in Full Flow
Phew what a scorcher! Pity the poor beekeeper in the heatwave. To safely inspect my hives I wear 2 pairs of trousers, a thick cotton beesuit with veil, under which [...]
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07, 2013
How to mix your own potting compost
Following is our recipe to mix 100 litres of our general purpose potting compost. Peat Coarse Peat For small pots under 1 litre - 80 litres of fine/medium [...]
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07, 2013
Bees in the Orchard
Apiary at the Farm One of the major benefits of Barbara keeping bees is that they pollinate everything around them. The apiary is situated adjacent to the orchard [...]