|
 |
|||||||||||||||||||
 |
- Apples are eaten by squirrels, mice, hedgehogs and deer: even rabbits enjoy fallen fruit.
- 96% of our native peat bogs have now disappeared. The remaining 4% are under threat due to the demand for peat products from gardeners and growers.
- The golden flowers of fennel can attract almost 500 different insects. Up to 300 of these will help control pests.
- Many apple varieties have been found as chance seedlings on rubbish tips or in hedges. These include Granny Smith, Keswick Codlin, Bloody Ploughman and Claygate Pearmain.
- Bullfinches can be a terror in the orchard, eating the buds in late winter when food is scarce. Protect your fruit trees and bushes with netting from late January onwards.
- Garden Chafer beetles may be found feeding on apple leaves.
- Apples can be grown in the UK at an altitude as high as 412m above sea level, but in most areas around 198m is the limit of successful cultivation.
- Strawberries and other plants contain a chemical called phytochrome that tells them whether it is day or night and how long the day is.
- Claybrooke Water Mill, still working to date, has cogs made from apple wood. Cherry wood has been used for these at other sites. Apple timber is hard, dense and shock resistant so it is ideal for this purpose.
- Blue, Great and Long Tailed tits all feed on overwintering insects hiding in the bark of your apple tree. Encourage them to eat the baddies in your garden by hanging fat in the branches of the apple trees during winter months.
 |
top |
|
|
|
|
| Garden Organic | Schools
project | Contact | Join |
All content © HDRA Page last updated 4 September, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
Did
you know?