bee plants – 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 Observe and Interact Part One http://sustainablesmallholding.org/observe-and-interact/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/observe-and-interact/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:34:41 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3744 Observe and Interact is one of the Permaculture Principles promoted by David Holmgrem. One interpretation of this principle is that we observe what we see around us, and then use that information to help us to create or modify systems in our designs. However this only touches the surface of what Observe and Interact can […]

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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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Polyculture Update July 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-july-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-july-2012/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:19:45 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2492 The weather has affected me in a similar way to many growers around the country, but has not ‘wrecked’ the polyculture experiment completely. Autumn sown onions are ready to lift, along with garlic planted at the same time. I felt that it was a little early, but a check back through old blog posts suggests […]

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Polyculture Update May 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-may-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-may-2012/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:51:38 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2253 Alright, alright, it’s been a while since my last post, but it’s hectic. I thought that I would post a few pictures of my polyculture experiment, to show you how things are progressing, which on the whole, is well. As you can see from the picture below, the Bonfils grain growing has been awesome. As […]

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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 haveĀ  a lot of violet willow (Salix daphnoides), which is my earliest […]

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