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Category Archives: Plant profiles
Alien attack… Invasive plant species and how to deal with them. part 1.
What is an alien species? You may well ask. It is not something that has crash-landed here from outer space or even from 1950’s Hollywood, although in some respects one could find similarities (and I have used that analogy in … Continue reading
Rhod rides roughshod over Biodiversity
Rhododendron ponticum invades three habitats that are considered internationally important under the Habitats Directive: upland oak woods, bogs and heath. An individual Rhododendron ponticum casts such deep shade that it light-starves out existing native plant colonies at its base. Insult … Continue reading
The dirty tactics of Rhododendron ponticum.
One would be forgiven for thinking that chemical warfare is a relatively recent military lowpoint, perhaps beginning with the ‘mustard’ and chlorine gas of world war one, were an astonishing 100,000 tons of chemical warfare agents were released into the … Continue reading
Have courage plant some Borage
My banner features the plant Borage (Borago officinalis) a true wonder and perfect plant to start this month for a whole range of benefits. Borage is a plant with long herbal history in treating depression and doubt and in promoting … Continue reading
Posted in Plant profiles
Tagged bee medicine, borage, companion plant, edible, healing plants
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Wonderful weeds.
You might be thinking … Wonderful? Weeds? Really!!! But yeah I think they are wonderful, not just in how they conquer and adapt to situations but beyond their lesson in persistance, they have some great atributes that holistic gardeners can … Continue reading
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Tagged eat the weeds, edible, gardeners First Aid, Integrated pest management, weeds
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