
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, stay.
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, stay.
and you might ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here…?”
Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov, Arkhivov / CC BY-SA
The Cuckoo comes in April
She sings her song in May
In the middle of June
She changes her tune
In July she flies away.
Planted:
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Apple trees:
Soft Fruit:
Constructed:
Cutting turf to heat homes has been a tradition for millennia, but the EU has ruled that it must stop.
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Make a raised bed
Prepare the soil
Rhubarb prefers a sunny site and should not be harvested in the first year. Three crowns should be enough to feed a family. Once mature the crowns can be split to provide new healthy plants.
What are my responsibilities as a riparian owner?
How do I maintain the watercourse?
a) Keep growth of vegetation (trees, weeds, reeds, grass etc) under control
b) Keep watercourses free of debris (e.g. litter, grass cuttings, and fallen trees and branches)
c) Remove excess silt
Here are some good URLs:
http://www.theriverstrust.org/media/2017/04/Pinpoint-21.0-Soil-Management-Managing-ditches.pdf
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