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The internationally oriented fair day, the International Soft Fruit Conference was held in Den Bosch on Thursday, following Strawberry Day about which an update already appeared. On the exhibition floor, we encountered Koreans, Canadians, Americans, Germans, Finns, Eastern Europeans, and of course,…
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“Six fat and six lean months” is how Barry Michiels of wholesaler Gebroeders Michiels describes the division of the year. Normally, trade at the Flemish exporter slows down slightly during the winter period, but this winter has been relatively busy. “Not this weekend, though, as 6 January is a public…
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I have a black mulberry tree in a coastal location of South Australia. It’s canopy would spread around 6 metres and I estimate it’s approx 100 years old. It always provides an abundance of fruit without much care from me. This year I’ve noticed half the crop (especially the more exposed areas of tree) appear dried up and almost sunburnt?? Some of the branches are covered in moss and they tend to be more brittle also but this may be an unrelated matter. Not sure if it’s a fungal disease I read about called popcorn disease. Would it be beneficial to gently remove the dried/dead leaves and fruit? Given the tree is fruiting I imagine this may encourage a better yield? Any tips would be appreciated!
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Wild pollinators adapt better to changing farm landscapes when natural habitats are preserved nearby.
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Hello!
I used to watch a Youtube channel that would consistently do long form interviews with all kinds of knowledgeable figures related to permaculture, self reliance, etc. I remember he was a hopeful channel – talking about the flaws in society but trying to use his platform to educate and prepare people with real world solutions. I remember a specific video in which the guest talked about how he made money from a variety of sources with his lifestyle – raising and selling koi/goldfish on his property was one of them. I’ve browsed this reddit & all over Youtube and have yet to find it. Does anyone have any ideas on who it could be?
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Adromischus sphenophyllus is a sparingly branched succulent shrublet with gray, erect branches and gray-green leaves, which are rarely …
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Struggling to make a smelly onion or an unripe pepper exciting for your biology students? Grab a simple optical microscope and transform boredom into curiosity! You will discover the vibrant colour palette of plant pigments hidden in food crops we eat every day.
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Greens senator sees climate crisis and environment as the ‘elephant in the room’ for 2025 election
The Greens are demanding Labor put a moratorium on the destruction of koala habitat and overcome political opponents and mining interests to implement its full suite of promised environment protection laws, in an early attempt to position nature as a federal election issue.
“What we need is the government, the Labor party, to be tougher and to have some guts to stand up and stare them down,” says the party’s environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young.
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It’s time to dip back into the gardens I visited as part of last summer’s Garden Fling up in the Puget Sound area. The long weekend was a mix great of gardens I’d previously toured and ones that were new to me. This week I thought it would be fun to write about a few of the private gardens that I’d visited before and link back to my first visit, maybe compare and contrast. I’m starting at the Risdahl-Pittman garden…
My first visit to this garden was in June of 2022 (here), it was part of the Northwest Perennial Alliance Study Weekend—an event that rotates between different cities and groups in the PNW (this year’s event will be in the Portland area, hosted by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon).
That first visit was on an overcast drippy day and I think there was one other person in the garden while I was there. This visit was sunny, warm, and the garden was full of people.
The consistent factor was the fabulousness of the garden.
Attention to detail…
And excellent plantswomanship (“Plantsmanship is knowledge of the diversity of plants and their cultivation…” source), I make the distinction because I believe Susan (rather than Guy) is the primary gardener here. That lady in pink—who so nicely brings out the pink of the hydrangea—is Janet Davis of The Paintbox Garden.
While Susan is the gardener, Guy is the hardscape guru, and builder of their fantastic greenhouse.
Which sadly I only got a couple lame photos of. There are definitely better greenhouse photos from my last visit.
Daphne x houtteana
I was thrilled to see there plant is still alive, as mine sadly is not.
Off in the distance is the tool shed and storage space.
Our first peek at the interesting pond and surrounding hardscape.
When chatting with Guy during my previous visit said the pond and it’s surrounding features were there when they bought the home. Flinger for scale…
Here’s more of our group, that’s Tamara (Chickadee Gardens) in the pink, the two fellows across the planting island are Justin () and Max, the lady with the striking white hair and black top is Denise (A Growing Obsession)…
I definitely took fewer plant focused photos in the garden this visit, it goes to show you what happens when your chatting up your fellow plant people!
Fancy rhododendrons, Perhaps R. ‘Golfer’ in front and R. orbiculare at the back.
Rhododendron orbiculare (?)
Athyrium otophorum
This area was under construction, or just completed, during my previous visit. It’s definitely in full-swing now.
I’d just purchased a Parthenocissus henryana at our Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden stop earlier that day, so it was fun to see this one looking good against the dark wall.
Then again everything looked good against that dark wall!
Hmm, I have no idea what this beauty is.
And I’m definitely out of order now, as I can see the pond area in the background—it just goes to show you how I wandered around the garden enjoying it all.
If you can swing it it’s a great experience to visit private gardens repeatedly over time and see how the plants grow (or not) and how the areas change as a result of that, or the owners desire for something new. Susan and Guy if you’re reading I guess that means I’ll be back again in 2026!
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