Beekeeping at Beardsworths
While Bill has been busy planting his orchard and soft fruit I have explored the possibility of beekeeping. I enrolled on an introductory beekeeping course at my local society - [...]
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Wildlife Gardening
Swallow Chick at Whitehall Rd Nurseries We have a rocky relationship with our wild companions at Beardsworths. Squirrels gnawing through the irrigation lines, rabbits and deer eating the trees, voles [...]
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06, 2013
Tree Planting Machine
We use a Damcon PL-40 tree planting machine with a hydraulic cane pusher. A team of three or four for larger trees can plant and cane about 4000 a day. [...]
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06, 2013
The Potting Shed at Beardsworths
Our potting shed can turn out over 10,000 shrubs a day, with an annual production of about 400,000 plants. We use a Javo Super potting machine to pot the plants. [...]
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06, 2013
Root Balling Trees
For larger trees we use a Damcon root balling machine mounted on an excavator. The machine plunges 4 spades around the tree, undercuts with a large blade before lifting from the [...]
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Integrated Pest Management at Beardsworths
Beardsworths have been running a program of integrated pest management (IPM) since 1998. At that time IPM was primarily used and developed by the glasshhouse salad sector, we were very [...]
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06, 2013
British Standard BS 3936-1, Nursery Stock Specification for Trees and Shrubs
We grow our trees to conform to British standard BS 3936 - Nursery stock specification for trees and shrubs. This outlines a specification on form and size for the trees [...]