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Manure

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 17/02/2009 16:55:23

with a vampire) then bat droppings are not bad at all. Incidentally bat guano looks very similar to mouse droppings. You can easily tell the difference, though, as bat poo crumbles easily (consisting as it does of digested insect corpses) while the mouse


Eccentric gardeners: one

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 21/08/2007 09:38:02

wants to point me in the direction of anyone in particular then feel free.Dr Philibert Commerson was a French naturalist born in 1727. He discovered a passion for botany while studying law in Montpelier. It was a great time to be a botanist as Linnaeus


Crab apple trees

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 09/11/2009 14:23:41

clinging in tight clusters to the branches. Self-fertile.And Malus 'Golden Hornet': the yellow equivalent of 'Red Sentinel'. A really heavy crop of small golden fruit packed together as tightly as a box of bats. Self-fertile.Malus 'Red Jade': a weeping


Pollen

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 25/03/2009 09:52:10

of humming birds or bats, although these plants are unlikely to be found in Britain. The hazel uses a much more basic method: anemophily, or wind pollination.So, very sensibly, the hazel catkins appear at a time of year when there is certain to be some decent


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