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 [...]
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07, 2013
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07, 2013
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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06, 2013
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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06, 2013
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 [...]