The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

My favourite reason to get down on my hands and knees - to see those tiny serrated leaves, just germinated, is for me the greatest joy of spring, the awakening of another exciting year of life in the hay meadows. And for 300m up on Dartmoor, very unseasonably early too.

Link: https://staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article/57501-research-demonstrates-high-value-injurious-weeds-can-bring-to-pollinators-and-biodiversity or pasted below: A new study by researchers at the University of Sussex, funded by Rowse Honey Ltd, has demonstrated that weeds are far more valuable in supp...

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65.50 acres of SSSI designated, low-lying grazing marshes and ancient water meadows, that provides habitat for wintering wildfowl and wader birds as a feeding site and a high-water roost. Species include black-tailed godwit, lapwing, dunlin, redshank, snipe, curlew and ruff. Brochure here: https://a...

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Life in the hedge: how to manage hedgerows for wildlife

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That sounds like a great project. I'd be surprised if you'll source commercially collected seed, especially of local provenance. Your best bet will be to collect the seed yourself and grow plug plants. There's a thread about collecting/sowing viola seeds here: https://forum.moremeadows.org.uk/viewto...

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