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Why apples are interesting
This is the title of a presentation by Wade Muggleton at one of our Monday Evenings. It certainly was interesting, very entertaining and informative. We were given original history; which apples to choose to plant and why; advice on pruning; details of the...
Water wars and water butts
I decided to make WATER a subject of an article after reading the Daily Telegraph newspaper’s diatribe on the economic health and future of Thames water; and by inference most other water companies which no longer belong in our national control, being owned by every...
Composting for beginners
In 2023, Cleobury Gardeners had the pleasure of hosting master composter Rachel Strivens and colleague Caroline, for Monday evening’s effervescent discussion on the alchemy of turning garden green garbage and brown, broken brash into black gold – COMPOST! ...
Learning to grow food competition brief 2023
Competition for pre-school settings and schools Kindly sponsored by The Rotary Club of Ludlow Competition brief: Does seed size matter? There are two main aims for this year’s competition: to be able to explain whether the size of seeds affect their growing period and...
Learning to grow food competition brief 2022
Competition for pre-school settings and schools Kindly sponsored by BURWARTON & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE GRANT SCHEME Competition brief: The main aim of this year’s competition is to develop an understanding and practice of growing food in as...