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Honeybees: notes from a talk by a beekeeper

10 September 20209 November 2019

Crocus ‘Gipsy Girl’ with a honey bee, February 2019 The speaker at the recent South Pennines Hardy Plant Society was a beekeeper, Simon Croson, and I picked up some useful info on Honeybees that I thought I’d share. The Queen …

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Categories Bees, Hardy Plant Society, Pollinators, Winter Garden

A cut flower garden – a few notes from a talk by florist Jonathan Moseley

20 March 2019

This post isn’t a ‘how to make’ a cut flower garden, rather it’s tips that Jonathan shared at a South Pennine Hardy Plant Society talk, 6th March 2019, based on his over 20 years experience. My first attempt of some …

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Categories Cut Flowers, Hardy Plant Society

A discovery of seedlings

26 April 2018

Checking out my plants today, I made a discovery of seedlings. Pulsatilla vulgaris Why is this so exciting? Because all I did was chuck (I mean it, chuck) a few of the fluffy seeds last summer into a container with …

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Categories Allium, Hardy Perennial, Hardy Plant Society, Seeds

Feeling seedy

27 January 2018

I’m feeling rather seedy. No, not that type of seedy. The growing seeds type of seedy. This week the seeds I ordered from the annual Hardy Plant Society (HPS) Seed Distribution Scheme, arrived. As a member, for only £5 (to cover …

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Categories Hardy Plant Society, Ornamental garden, Seeds

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