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Grow your own edible snails

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January 27, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Grow your own Escargot

Perhaps the last thing a gardener needs is more snails, but these culinary delights are setting the latest trend for the British smallholder.Demand for edible home grown molluscs is no longer moving at a ‘snail’s pace’.Popularity for Escargot has gathered speed as more people try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Growing Your Own Tagged With: Bear Grylls, Campfire, Dinner Parties, Edible Snail, Edible Snails, Escargot, Farming Business, Helen Howard, Helix Aspersa Maxima, Local Produce, Local Schools, Molluscs, Rears, Science Curriculum, Scout Groups, Snail Farm, Snail Farming, Snail Farms, Survival Training, Wild Garlic

RHS announces 2012 Britain in Bloom finalists

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January 20, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Cricklade - RHS Britain in Bloom Champion of Champions 2011

The Royal Horticultural Society has selected 73 finalists from over 1,000 entries to take part in the 2012 RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals.Ranging from small rural villages to major industrial cities, each finalist is aiming for a gold medal, and the coveted title of category winner.Sue … [Read more...]

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RHS issue fruit crop warning

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January 19, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The RHS are warning that fruit yields could be reduced this year

The lack of a cold winter could damage fruit yields later in the year, warn The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).The society is concerned that this year’s mild winter may lead to smaller fruit crops this autumn with a subsequent rise in prices.Most hardy fruit plants need a period of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News in Brief Tagged With: Buds, Canes, Cherries, Cold Period, Cold Spell, Cold Winter, Curtain, Fleece, Fruit Bushes, Fruit Crop, Fruit Crops, Fruit Plants, Fruit Yields, Gardeners, Jim Arbury, Mild Winter, Pollinating Insects, Previous Years, Royal Horticultural Society, Silvan

June Crisfield Chapman exhibition at Bowes

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January 19, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Echinopsis - June Crisfield Chapman

June Crisfield Chapman, known for her engravings of plants in The Countryman magazine, will be the focus of a new exhibition at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle.June follows two main themes in her engravings: plant forms and characters from literature and the theatre.She finds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Featured Tagged With: Barnard Castle, Boccaccio, Bowes Museum, Chaucer, Chelsea Physic Garden, Commedia Dell Arte, Countryman Magazine, Crisfield, Engravings, Glasgow School Of Art, Main Themes, Medicinal Plants, Natural History Museum, Pantomimes, Rothschild Museum, Royal Botanic Garden, Transformation Scenes, Walter Rothschild, Westminster Abbey, Wood Engraving

The first beetle free lily

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January 14, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

New beetle-free lily "Defender"

Lily beetles are a huge problem for growers of Oriental and Asiatic lilies but Thompson & Morgan's new Lily "Defender" could be about to bring to colour back to our borders.The fragrant and flamboyant flowers of lilies make them a popular choice for many gardeners but in recent years, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Features Tagged With: Amp, Asiatic Lilies, Beetle, Beetles, Borders, Bulbs, Confidence, Devastation, Flower Arrangements, Fragrance, Gardeners, Led, Oriental Lily, Patio Containers, Pink Flowers, plants, Prevalence, Semi Shade, Thompson, Variety