My experiment to see whether earthworms were attracted specifically to leeks seems to have been answered: I finally got down the plot yesterday and when I checked the two buckets one (the leek bucket) was home to an ants nest and the other (the brassica bucket) was no more full of earthworms than the surrounding soil. I had to clear a p[atch of leeks later on in the day, and it was noticeable that whereas the leeks earlier in the year (Jan - Feb) had large numbers of earthworms in the soil around their roots, these new leeks were almost entirely devoid of earthworms. Perhaps it was just coincidence, the worms were near the surface when I dug the leeks up. Certainly the contitions are much drier now.
Filcris Recycled Plastic
- Filcris Recycled Plastic
Projects undertaken by Filcris or our customers in the garden, on the allotment and anywhere else that looks interesting.
Orchids
- Orchids in and out of the garden
My attempts to grow orchids in my garden and some pictures of much better orchids in the wider countryside.
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Creating the meadow
- This is a record of the first part of the project, between March and September 2005 when we did the groundwork for the meadow. Most of the relevant details about the process are included in the comments for each photo so I haven't repeated it elsewhere.
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