by marketing | Sep 30, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
At the start of September our own swallows upped and left for their long journey south. But as compensation, for at least the next ten days or so, we had mixed groups of swallows passing through the gardens and feeding around ‘The Broccoli Tree’. ‘The Broccoli Tree’...
by marketing | Sep 1, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
Twice this week we have had geese flying low across the orchard, so close that we can almost feel the ‘whoosh’ of air through their feathers as they pass by and even though it has been several months since we last heard them, their approaching sound is unmistakable....
by marketing | Jul 28, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
How lovely it was to finally have some rain last weekend. Because we have been creating the new growing beds in the Enclosed Garden it has been a very difficult time for the new planting trying to get established . The soil is very dry and with the strong...
by marketing | Jun 28, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
As it is midsummer we have been hosting our annual archaeology dig at Bannockburn House. The dig began last Saturday with a group of local children excavating a mysterious hollow in the front lawn. We thought that there might have been a well there in days gone by but...
by marketing | Jun 13, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
It’s been a month of Queen cells at the apiary. There are three types: swarm cells, supersedure cells and emergency queen cells. Swarm cells occur when the colony becomes congested – the old queen and about 60% of the colony form a swarm and relocate in a...
by marketing | May 30, 2022 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
As a young girl growing up in Bannockburn my grandparents often used this phrase and I wondered if it referred to the month of May or the flowering of the May-blossom or Hawthorn. Either way, what it really means is ‘beware as the weather is often fickle at this...
