pollen – The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 44677425 Willow Trial Update http://sustainablesmallholding.org/willow-trial-update/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/willow-trial-update/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:44:11 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3730 Earliest Flowering Willow Trial Last year I published a post about My Earliest Flowering Willow, and was surprised to see that the willow that flowered earliest for my was a hybrid called ‘Lapin’. I was up in the Forest Garden again today, ‘weeping’ at the damage done to my willows by rabbits, and noticed that […]

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My Earliest Flowering Willow http://sustainablesmallholding.org/my-earliest-flowering-willow/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/my-earliest-flowering-willow/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:24:27 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1845 Two years ago I was sent some willow cuttings from the research centre at Rothampstead, who keep the National willow collection. The cuttings were for me to use to see which were the earliest flowering willows. My interest is early bee forage. I have  a lot of violet willow (Salix daphnoides), which is my earliest […]

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Forest Garden Update July 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/forest-garden-update-july-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/forest-garden-update-july-2012/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:30:06 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1495 I wanted to get some current pictures of the Forest garden posted, with a short account of where I’ve got to so far, and what’s next. For those who haven’t visited the blog before, it might be worth  you checking out the Forest Garden paragraph of the Pictures, Designs, and Plans page, before continuing. The […]

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First Swarm of the Season http://sustainablesmallholding.org/first-swarm-of-the-season/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/first-swarm-of-the-season/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:39:36 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1364 Well, I’ve had my first swarm of the season, which is about a week early. As predicted, the moment that the weather started to improve, swarming commenced. I found it at about 2 pm, and by just after 4, it was making it’s way into it’s new home, but more about that later. As a […]

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Summer Bee Forage http://sustainablesmallholding.org/summer-bee-forage/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/summer-bee-forage/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:46:23 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1328 It might seem a bit premature to be thinking about Summer bee forage, but when growing from seed, if it’s not planted now, then it may not flower in time. Now I know that it’s possible to grow annuals, from seed, for flowering in Summer, but I prefer to grow perennial plants. That way, the […]

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