National Gardening Week

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About National Gardening Week 2012

Thousands of people across the country are coming together and getting involved to enjoy, share and celebrate everything about gardens and gardening.

Communities and organisations are pulling out all the stops to host garden open days, garden parties, quizzes, plant swaps and a wealth of other activities to share advice or lend helping hands to friends, neighbours and the local community.

At the RHS we know what a difference gardening can make to our lives and how important it is to our environment. Gardening is life-enhancing; it creates beautiful spaces and brings communities together, but best of all it’s fun.

Beekeeping Beginners Course

To all those budding 'would be' beekeepers the best place for you to start learning about bees is by attending a Beginners' Beekeeping course


For those interested in keeping bees, please contact


Jean Smye
07731856361


Jean will be running a beginners course over the winter months in preparation for the 2012 season.


For those interested in getting a head start, here is a short list of books you could have a look at:

This book is often seen as THE guide to bees and beekeeping or The Beekeepers' Bible.  A must have for the beginner and expert alike!

A beautiful book that is both a guide to beekeeping and a cookbook!  An easy to read guide to keeping bees for the 'health' conscious.  A complete honey bee resource.

A lovely addition to the Beekeepers Library with a synopsis by Guru Ted Hooper on what shrubs, perennials and trees to plant for the benefit of your bees as well as other beekeepers.


Start this autumn by adding some of those described inside to your garden, allotment, smallholding or micro farm!


Article next week on:      


The Beehive - what you need and some links to hive manufacturers!  

ITEMS FOR SALE

ITEMS FOR SALE

LATCHINGDON

 Please Contact direct:   Heidi 01621 743906

• Ixworths (excellent table birds) 18 months old laying hens x 2 £10.00 each or £15.00 the pair

POL pullets x 2 £15.00 each or £30.00 the pair

• 1 x 30 litre water dispensers £12.00 each (cost £26.00 new)

• 1 x 24k Solway rat proof spring feeders £7.00 each (cost £17.00 new)

• Galvanised wire brooder cage with external troughs £40.00 (cost £75.00 new)

wire brooder cage

• 8 x corrugated metal sheet (8’) £50.00
• Chicken pen wire, posts and timber £ neg
• Fence posts suitable for path edging, pens etc £1.00
• Timber – 2’’ x 2’’, 2’’ x 1’’, 2’’ x 6’’, 6’ gravel boards, 2’’ x 6’’ in 3 & 4 mtre lengths £1.00 each
• Scaffold netting – 2m wide 50mtrs & 3m wide 50mtrs in lengths
• Roll of netting for fruit frames new £5.00
• 6 x 6 Apex roof overlap shed 1 yr old, immaculate, bearers & slabs inc. £175.00
•  Roban Excel rat bait blocks 3.5 kilos £15.00
• Rat bait box £5.00
•  Egg Boxes New x 64 £5.00
•  Tatty wooden wall frame from (OK for allotment) £5.00
• Equally tatty rabbit hutch (used as broody coop) £5.00
• Chicken run/fruit frame 6’ x 3’ £15.00
• Corrugated plastic sheets 6’ x 2 £5.00 pair
•  Makings for runner bean support 4.20 metre – timbers, metal poles and wires £10.00
• Wooden raised beds – fold flat for storage. 4’ x 2’6’’ (can convert to cold frame – 1 sheet of glass available) x 5 £5.00 each
•  Camping gas ring and kettle £5.00
•  Extra large black plastic compost bin (stores flat) £10.00 similar to picture below (cost £70.00 new)
•  Small extra strong green plastic compost bins (excellent for forcing rhubarb) £5.00 each
• Galvanised wire 40m unused – supporting fruit trees/fencing etc £5.00
• 25 metre hose on reel £5.00
• Concrete slabs 50p each
• Corrugated compact concrete sheets - free
• Black currant bush £5.00
• Red and white currants x 5 £1.00 each
• 3 or 4 year old peach trees x 2 £8.00 each
• 4 year old fig £8.00
• Strawberries 50p each
• Rhubarb clump £3.00                                             

   Heidi 01621 743906