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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 - [...]
Turn Multi Purpose Compost into a Professional Growing Media
So, you have been to the garden centre a bought your £3.80 bag of multi purpose compost. Here's how to upgrade it to a professional grade growing media. The following [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Garden Centre – Summer Flowering Plants
We have some superb summer flowering plants available to give some instant impact colour in your garden, conservatory or glasshouse. The Dahlias are superb this year and ready for planting [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]