Compost Tea – 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=4.5.3 Potato Blight and Compost Tea http://sustainablesmallholding.org/potato-blight-compost-tea/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/potato-blight-compost-tea/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:15:24 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4241 I hadn’t intended writing a post on potato blight and compost tea to end my posting drought, but I had the opportunity to record the effect of using compost tea on blighted potatoes, and decided to run with it. Please note that if you’ve found this blog searching for remedies or preventative measures to combat […]

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Bees and Compost Tea http://sustainablesmallholding.org/bees-and-compost-tea/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/bees-and-compost-tea/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:02:23 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=323 The last ten days have been hectic, with the extra work down to Beekeeping, and Compost Tea. Just recently, the normal jobs that I have to do on the Smallholding, have been rushed so that I can finish my preparations for the swarming season. The rush started last week. I went to help a friend […]

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Pollen + Water = Brood http://sustainablesmallholding.org/pollen-water-brood/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/pollen-water-brood/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:39:51 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=114 Yesterday the bees were carrying masses of willow pollen into the hive, and every wet spot seemed to have bees collecting water. There’s no need to open the hive, as this means that the queen is laying, and the hive is well. It’s a bit early to be inspecting bees, and it needs to warm […]

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