Insects
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These 3 tips will help you create a thriving pollinator-friendly garden this winter
The busy buzz of pollinating bees is a sound most of us associate with summer. If you live…
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Five of Our Favourite Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects
All organisms are beneficial, and at the very least all organisms past, present and future decompose to nourish something else,…
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Integrated Pest Management – Part 2
In part 1(1) of this article, we looked at the history of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the spectrum of…
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Integrated Pest Management – Part 1
In these times of global uncertainty and transition, where the globalised food system has become halted or reduced1, there is…
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Forest Garden Plants, River Irrigation, Paulownia Coppice & Garden Bees –
It has been a relaxed week here in Shipka where the main focus has stayed on the market garden, we…
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The battle against bugs: it’s time to end chemical warfare
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Lizzy Lowe, Macquarie University;…
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Soil Testing, Discovering Local Plants and Woodland Coppice
Robinia Coppice We have a small woodland plot where we have been experimenting with coppicing. The dominant tree species in…
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The Polyculture Market Garden Study – Results from Year 4 – 2018
Here are the results from the fourth year of our Market Garden Polyculture Study. This study looks at the differences…
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Fastest Growing Trees in the Temperate Zone, Seed Harvesting and a Green Toad Gathering – The Polyculture Project
If you follow our project you will probably know that I like to name our gardens after concepts and terminology…
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Harvesting Water as Inspired by a Darkling Beetle
Water is a scarce commodity in dry regions so scientists have come up with an ingenious way of collecting water…
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Are Bugs More Nutritious Than Meat?
A new research study shows that eating edible insects could provide as much or even more iron and other micro-nutrients…
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Mastering Farming Even Before Humans
Humans are not the first species to farm on Earth. Nor are they the first species to have taken agriculture…
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