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Some plants encourage bees to pollinate their own species rather than others. Foxgloves do this with heat. The flower is warmer than the rest of the plant and attracts the bee. Inside the flower, the bee warms and rests. It remembers this experience, so will seek out another Foxglove. Clever! 🐝

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The Mountain Ash is a fabulous tree and one with many mystical beliefs attached to it. It used to be planted to protect against witches and it is believed to be bad luck to cut one down. Used to make divining rods and if you stir milk with wood from it, the milk won’t curdle. Or so they say!

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A beautiful sunset over Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. #Cotswolds

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Random and pointless fact. The leaves of the Ceanothus are one of the food staples of the American Porcupine. 🦔

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We don’t use a flea spray but a monthly tablet from the vet that not only covers fleas but ticks (vital with the long grass here), heartworm and intestinal worms. Are tablets a problem and if so is there an alternative? 🐕‍🦺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Weather like this for the start of spring means no more putting off of jobs. Today is to jet wash all the winter tree grime off the decking. I’ve treated myself to proper washer to do it. Love a new toy! #Cotswolds #MaisiesGarden 🐕‍🦺

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Now 26 days until my garden tour season starts. It feels a long time since my last one finished in October. ⏳ Best get revising! 📖 🌱 www.highgrovegardens.com/products/spr...

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Any casual observer would have known there was a decline in numbers but this is a big reduction. 🙁🐝

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Maisie hunts out the tiniest areas of sunshine! ☀️ 🐕‍🦺

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Spring is (almost!) here.. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

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Our greenhouse is a little on the snug side, so this time of year the seed trays take up too much space. So we made this fold-down table for them. Quite pleased as my woodworking skills never got past the obligatory table lamp I had to make at school! 🪚🔨🪴 #MaisiesGarden

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This is why our Christmas garland is still (mostly!) up. It’s all foraged, natural foliage and the birds are taking it away as nesting material. We’ll take it down in a few weeks. Our postman must think we are very lazy! #Birds #Nature #Cotswolds 🐦‍⬛

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Life in our garden. A pictorial of 2025. No 4 - 24th February. 🌱 💚 #Gardening #GardeningFeed #Greenheart #Cotswolds #MaisiesGarden

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Well, apparently it’s #NationalLoveYourPetDay I think Maisie knows this is every day! ❤️ @dogs.bsky.social

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We have some really lovely gardens in our Gloucestershire group that will open by arrangement - ideal for garden, art and photographic groups, or days out with family and friends. Have a look at what's on offer here: https://buff.ly/3IsG6c4 🌱 💚 #greenheart #cotswolds #gardens #gloucestershire

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The Organic Gardening feed has 100 users now - thanks everyone for joining and sharing such lovely content! 🌱 Feel free to sign up and start posting (see the pinned post for instructions) yourself if you haven't already. Beginners and organic farmers are very welcome, too! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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I coppiced these hazels two winters ago, and with two summer’s regrowth they are fantastic multistems already well above head height, and I’m 180cm! Find out more about our permaculture production in the latest WildWay.info newsletter 💞🌱

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If you’re thinking of getting a puppy I can thoroughly recommend the companion Maisie has here. It has a small, battery operated heartbeat. Her toys are all over the house but she never takes ‘Doodles’ out of her bed. She’s four now and still won’t be without it! #NationalLoveYourPetDay ❤️

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Well, apparently it’s #NationalLoveYourPetDay I think Maisie knows this is every day! ❤️ @dogs.bsky.social

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At the last count there were seven species of orchid in the wildflower meadow at work and last year, four random bee orchids appeared on the verge by the drive. Beautiful plants!

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😊🌱 Dementia patient's joy after gardening prescription. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Always start with a garden Red Squirrel. That’s the rule isn’t it? See what the new place makes of it and take it from there. That’s the best I can come up with right now.

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I’m quite new here, so here’s a little about me. 🌱 I spend my days talking about organic gardening, plants and nature. By no means a gardener but enjoying learning! 👑 I work as a garden guide at Highgrove, the home of His Majesty King Charles lll 🐕‍🦺 Warning: Posts may occasionally include Maisie!

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Especially in woodlands and under hedges, Celandine provides these beautiful welcome bursts of yellow. Guests on my tours often ask what it is. The only thing to bear in mind is (as with any member of the buttercup family) keep it out of grazing land. 🐴🐄 🚫

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In the verge in our lane, signs of life are appearing. #Cotswolds

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Especially in woodlands and under hedges, Celandine provides these beautiful welcome bursts of yellow. Guests on my tours often ask what it is. The only thing to bear in mind is (as with any member of the buttercup family) keep it out of grazing land. 🐴🐄 🚫

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A small tweak to the name of my account, to better reflect where I am and what I do. Profile details unchanged. 🌱

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@nigelslater.bsky.social We attempted your Pork and partridge pie last night. One recipe we’ll definitely do again. Fabulous. 🥧

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The paragraph from the book on WW2 I am reading, telling of how goats could help horses to safety. Animals in times of conflict tend to be forgotten about. 🐐🐴

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Love this. In the event of fire, deploy the Safety Goat 🐐

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I am reading a superb book about WW2 and came across a great fact. Horses were still aplenty in London and during the Blitz, goats were kept with them, as they are known to help horses with anxiety. In the event of evacuation, the stable hand would lead the goat out and the horses would follow. 🐐🐴

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There are already something like 4,000 miles worth of dry stone walls here in the #Cotswolds, still good to see new additions to that though! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is great! 🌱

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White Flowers, Part 5 #SixOnSaturday 🌱 Top: White Cobaea scandens, Hibiscus moscheutos 'Blue River II' Middle: Lagenaria siceraria, Extra Long Handled Dipper Gourd, Dahlia 'White Owl' Bottom: Papaver somniferum var album, Oenothera pallida 'Innocence' #GardenSky

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Tool theft is a problem across the horticultural industry, but this is just horrible 😢

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