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I have few Ransoms at the bottom of the garden. Other side of the fence is a different story. Allium Ursinium grows in thick belts for... -
slowworm replied to the thread What beekeeping related activities did you do recently?.It could well be £75 or over, it depends on who made or sold it, are there any clues? The smoker for example, could cost from about £7...
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slowworm replied to the thread Wild Garlic.What has occurred to me is not much eats it, you get the odd leaf nibbled by slugs and snails but we have loads of deer there and they...
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slowworm replied to the thread Wild Garlic.We've just been to our patch of woodland and picked some of wild garlic. It's been a short season due to the hot and dry weather, but...
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One of our small fields had half a dozen small orchids appear when we first moved in, lurking in one corner and escaping the silagers. I...
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slowworm replied to the thread What beekeeping related activities did you do recently?.Is there any makers name on the suit? That might be worth the most. The other equipment might be a fairly cheap kit which can be picked...
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slowworm replied to the thread Eat (only) British.I don't. Vast amounts of sewage sludge is spread on farmland in the UK and that contains all sorts of heavy metals along, with manmade...
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slowworm replied to the thread What beekeeping related activities did you do recently?.This year has started much better than last, added another super to my best hive that has a completely full double brood. One thing...
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It was quite interesting last year, opening up the hive and seeing the variety of colours in the pollen being carried around. We got... -
slowworm replied to the thread Eat (only) British.I would rather encourage those that can eat more local food to do so. So I'm less bothered about eating a banana in say February rather...
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Entirely doable, but for some parts of the year choice of many things is obviously going to be limited. With all the options open to us...
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slowworm replied to the thread Midge murmation.I'm not an expert but the midges we have seem to match the definition of midge, the fact the larvae may live in muddy ground rather than...
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slowworm replied to the thread Midge murmation.They're back tonight, more cloudy over the fields but starting to gather. Not easy to take photos, and they're just from my cheap phone...
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slowworm replied to the thread Midge murmation.Mating does seem the most likely reason. I'm not familiar with midges but a quick google shows there are hundreds of different species...
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Mating most likely. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-52895408
