Interesting Articles
There are lost of interesting articles available on gardening, so we would like to include some of them on this page. Simply click on one of the links and you will be redirected to the relevant article.
National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG)
NSALG
The Society aims to ensure that facilities are made available to all who desire to follow the
recreation of gardening and endeavours to instil a better understanding of the fact that
gardening is a recreation for the mind and body as well as a source of economic wealth both to
the individual and to the nation.
You can preview the NSALG magazine| here.
Soil Association
The UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health. Find out about the role of the Soil Association|.
BBC Allotment Forum
Check out what other people are saying. Visit the BBC Allotment Forum| website.
Contaminated Manure Update
RHS has updated information on the contaminated issue that was recently highlighted. For more information visit the RHS |website
The Ghost Slug
New species of slug found in South East Wales.|
Bees
Bees seeking "sugary" garden pest|
UK Butterflies need a good summer
Conservationists are hoping tha this year we will have a much better summer in order help butterfly numbers recover. Want to know more? Visit the BBC Website|.
Gardeners encouraged to use hazel for beanpoles
Coppicing is the art of cutting of trees and shrubs to ground level allowing vigorous regrowth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations.
Trees and shrubs that are cut down this way can produce shoots that grow over 30cm in a week and a coppiced tree can live many times longer than if the the tree had not been cut down at all. Read more about this ancient art on the Royal Horticultural Society |website.
Can you dig it?
Its official , Allotments are fashionable. To find out more, have a look at the following article by Sean Coughlan of the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4776325.stm|