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THE VILLAGE GARDENER Your Jobs For September Environment team tips. Make sure your stored produce is mouse proof. Clean out the bird feeders. Leave the ivy if it’s not bothering you as the birds will love the berries over winter. Save seed, don’t get caught out next year. Clear the windowsills ready for pelargonium cuttings. Pauline Harringtons tips Neat and […]
» Read moreNoticeboard Recycled A noticeboard is now up in the Goldsland Orchard. It may look vaguely familiar to some as it was the old Village Hall noticeboard. Our thanks to the Village Hall Committee for passing it on when they replaced it. It will be repainted our standard Sage colour and will then have notices on it which will describe the […]
» Read moreENVIRONMENT GROUP Orchard Field Work Group The group will meet on Monday 14th September by the gate to the Orchid Field at 9.30am with the aim to clear some of the rapidly growing brambles around the field. Please bring suitable tools and gloves. (Sharp garden shears are very good for cut-ting back). The meeting is open to all who wish […]
» Read moreNature Notes Commentaries on Nature will always be something of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. So let’s start at the grimmer end of the spectrum. Neonicotinoids are a form of insecticide widely used in the 1990s but when evidence became clear that they were killing bees they were banned in the European Union in 2018. What does history […]
» Read moreTHE VILLAGE GARDENER Environment team’s tips for the month: Prune all summer flowering shrubs once blooms are over. Water Camellia and Rhododendrons, to help buds develop for next year. Collect ripened seed and store for next year. Cut back your wild flower patch to help scatter seeds. Spray ground elder and other perennial weeds while in leaf. Michelle in Vennwood […]
» Read moreOrchard Noticeboards Refurbished Despite lockdown a number of Wildlife Group members have been working on our sites either as individuals or couples. The main focus has been on the noticeboards of which we have 6 large ones, one small and two more due to be erected soon. After a trial we have opted to repaint them Sage-coloured which blends in […]
» Read moreNature Notes Discover our 5 Community Orchards With more and more people discovering one or more of our 5 Community Orchards, all designed and planted by the Wenvoe Wildlife Group, the question is often raised – What has this got to do with wildlife? Orchards are a priority habitat in Biodiversity Action Plans whether at UK Government levels, Welsh Government […]
» Read moreAll About Our Orchards What distinguishes the Welsh Orchard (Maes y Felin) from our other community orchards? Well, this year it has more fruit coming along than all the others put together. And why might that be? One major factor has got to be that it has bee hives and the others don’t. All the orchards had a mass of […]
» Read moreTHE VILLAGE GARDENER Environment team tips for July. Start saving seeds as we may have a shortage again next year. Make watering the roots of plants a priority. Watering the foliage is a waste. Keep a diary of what grows well and where. Always buy british grown plants. This will keep pests and diseases at a manageable level. Start […]
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