I’ve hung up my pro agronomy boots, but they've come in useful at the fruit & veg patch.
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A mystery fuzz. I’m usually quite good with the plant and fungi world, but this one’s left me stumped. It seems to be a mass of mycelium, growing close to a crab apple tree here in East Devon. Any ideas?
ALT December 2024 FULL-COLOUR EDITION IS NOW available ON-LINE and as a download. PAPER copies are available from Woodbury Post Office, Sam’s Stores or delivered by subscription. This month contains full details of Woodbury, Woodbury Salterton, and Exton Events.
Reverend Keble Martin, author of 'The Concise British Flora in Colour', died 55 years ago today. This is a monograph he produced for the front cover of 'The Woodbury News' woodbury-wide-awake.co.uk/ab… #botany #wildflowers
Fascinating glimpse into the world of biochar at yesterday’s @earthlybiochar Springwater Farm, Devon workshop. Lots of optimism for potential uses in the U..K. #biochar
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Worrying...
Thanks to Saul Walker @GardeningSaul for yesterday's terrific 'Exotics" talk to Exton Gardening Club. At the very least, I quintupled my knowledge on the subject. Now, have I got this ginger I.D. correct from this week's visit to @TropicalDorset - Hedychium gardnerianum?
ALT @TropicalDorset Abbotsbury Gardens Ginger .
The stunning Abbotsbury Sub Tropical Gardens @tropicaldorset this week.
A great setting for this Brazilian Plume #exoticplants
ALT Justicia carnea in bloom at Abbotsbury this week
I’ll probably miss out on a visit to the allotment today 👎🏻#stormcieran #allotment #eastdevon #devon
Not a normal bedtime companion. This evening, Leptoglossus occidentalis was minding it's business on my pillow at home here in Devon. Needless to say Mrs R was less than impressed 🐛
Yesterday’s sunshine brought the sound of summer with the buzz of insects around the ivy. #autumn #insects #allotment
30 years of change here in East Devon. The cereal crop is still there but most of the acreage of this once small farm is now under the concrete of two industrial estates and an A.D. Plant
Another Farming enterprise! Darts Farm Sculpture Trail from tomorrow: exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/br…
Not often that a 40-year+ agronomist comes across a new weed in a grass ley! It's an 'Apple of Sodom' - Nicandra physalodes peeking up through an invasion of Mayweed. Terrific name, eh?
