{"id":316,"date":"2018-03-23T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/?p=316"},"modified":"2018-03-26T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:36:45","slug":"march-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/march-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"March Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am writing this as the temperature outside is minus 1 degree C and snow is forecast.\u00a0 So much for spring!\u00a0 Cold spring temperatures make a gardeners life difficult as it is not warm enough for seed sowing except with heat and tender new growth can easily get scorched by the cold winds.\u00a0 Life is hard for bees and other pollinators as well and I have found a couple of bumble bees which seem to have succumbed to the cold.\u00a0 Last year a late frost destroyed my apple crop, presumably because of damage to the flowers at a crucial stage.<\/p>\n

You may see a swarm of honey bees in the spring, April to July,\u00a0 and they are looking for a new home.\u00a0 The way they go about this is fascinating, come on the bee walk on 3rd June to find out more.\u00a0 If you see a swarm, or would like a hive in your garden contact Hugh on\u00a007966 080005<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hopefully those who took up our free seed offer will have onions and snap dragons starting into growth.\u00a0 It is also time to think about growing things for the annual plant sale on 12th May.\u00a0 As soon as this cold snap is over get sowing.\u00a0 Some plants take longer to reach a suitable stage than others. Cosmos, for instance, will make a plant about 10cms\u00a0 tall and ready to plant out after the plant sale if sown at the beginning of April; runner beans and sun flowers would need to be planted about mid April for a similar result.\u00a0 Obviously this depends a little on temperature and conditions, but this is a rough guide.<\/p>\n

Grow some extra\u00a0 plants for the bees and pollinators this year and set up a Nectar Cafe in your garden.\u00a0 We will be putting info about this on our website after the bee and pollinator evening on the 21st March.<\/p>\n

happy growing,<\/p>\n

Bridget and the Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am writing this as the temperature outside is minus 1 degree C and snow is forecast.\u00a0 So much for spring!\u00a0 Cold spring temperatures make a gardeners life difficult as it is not warm enough for seed sowing except with heat and tender new growth can easily get scorched by the cold winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}