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Comment on Plant Medicine Bed 2012 at the Library plus Talks, Walks and Workshops beginning Sunday 15th January by connecting with our roots – review of the first plants for life talk

connecting with our roots – review of the first plants for life talk — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:38:00 +0000

[...] I imagine I am going to give a neatly ordered talk, but plants and speaking are spontaneous right-hemisphere things. You write ideas and concepts in left-hemisphere lines in your blue notebook, and then you look at the audience and those words start inventing loops and connections you hadn’t thought of. You find yourself swinging far and wide from those linear concepts, running with a topic in directions you had no idea were there. You find yourself getting up and dancing and making people laugh. And you have to go with that. Because it’s not just you speaking and this is the initiating talk in the Plants for Life series Mark has organised for 2012. [...]

Comment on Plant Medicine Bed 2012 at the Library plus Talks, Walks and Workshops beginning Sunday 15th January by Good Chias or Mark and the Giant Sagestalk « Mark in Flowers

Good Chias or Mark and the Giant Sagestalk « Mark in Flowers — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:21:20 +0000

[...] next year. The plants take up so much time, and you know how you fuss. And you’ve got the Plant Medicine Bed at Bungay Library to see [...]

Comment on First Wildflower Meadow has been sown! by Bungay Community Bees 2011

Bungay Community Bees 2011 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:06:59 +0000

[...] We have entered into the ‘River of Flowers’ world by sowing a wildflower meadow with Keith and Jeannie Parker at the Flixton apiary site. We will develop this in the [...]

Comment on Plant Medicine Bed 2012 at the Library plus Talks, Walks and Workshops beginning Sunday 15th January by Salve Sunday

Salve Sunday — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:31:51 +0000

[...] We were led by Mark, who proved to be both knowledgeable and entertaining – read about the Plants for Life talks, walks and workshops he is organising this year along with the Plant Medicine bed at Bungay [...]

Comment on Autumn Journal: Foraging for Abundance by Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog

Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:00:53 +0000

[...] cake. It’s the Transition Cafe at the Waveney Greenpeace Fair and the beetroot and foraged sea buckthorn salad we eat at home together [...]

Comment on Autumn Produce Swap at the Library Garden by Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog

Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:58:50 +0000

[...] Sustainable Bungay it’s the apples and pears Cathy and Lesley bring from their trees to the Autumn Produce Swap at the Library Community Garden. It’s the Growing Local conference at a local church. It’s [...]

Comment on Transition Towns Tea Tent at the Waveney Greenpeace Fair by Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog

Love, Food and the Whole Damn Thing « Mark in Flowers's Blog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:56:23 +0000

[...] bring to the monthly meetings along with Gemma’s cake. It’s the Transition Cafe at the Waveney Greenpeace Fair and the beetroot and foraged sea buckthorn salad we eat at home together [...]

Comment on Bungay Beehive Day – Reflections and Celebrations by Bee Hive Basics – Understanding a Bee’s Living Quarters | Beekeeping for Beginners Review

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:28:04 +0000

[...] started in beekeeping at http//www.SimpleBeekeepingGuide.com Bee Hive Basics – Understanding a Bee's Living Quarters Artificial hives have…;he basic items of an artificial bee hive and [...]

Comment on First Wildflower Meadow has been sown! by Josiah

Josiah — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:53:49 +0000

Hi Mark,

Thank you!

On the phacelia: You’re right, it isn’t a wild flower and for that reason won’t be planted in the meadow itself but beside it in an area of annual planting.

It’s a great insect plant providing (for an annual) a long nectar flow – if the Plants for Bees group plants it successionally it’ll flower from mid-May through into autumn: crucially it should provide forage for our honeybees (and others) through the dreaded June gap. Phacelia is often used by farmers as a cover crop / green manure (it grows very quickly and is a good weed suppressor) and to attract beneficial insects (very popular with hoverflies), as the Plants for Bees group hopes to work with more local farmers understanding how multifunctional plants fit into agricultural systems is useful and can only help encourage the planting of more insect friendly plants (wild or otherwise).

Hope that goes some way to answering your question…

Comment on First Wildflower Meadow has been sown! by Mark

Mark — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:38:40 +0000

Sounds like a great project – I hope you see plenty of happy bees (and butterflies, hoverflies, soldierflies, bee-flies, etc etc etc) next year.

On a pedantic note – you’re planting loads of amazing native species… and Phacelia. Phacelia is a great garden flower, and bees do love it, but should it be in your wildflower meadow?