Ixy
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how saintly of me...I'm buying a load of native wildflower seeds to sow all along my hedges for the bees  think its very important to give them something so it's worth the money and will not be any bother for me - sow and leave. electric fencing will help keep the cattle off and it should be lovely to look at aswell! 
yes i feel very pleased with myself 
hey! maybe everyone else should do some wherever they can and then we do a photo competition when they're in flower later on? 
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Chez
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Okay. I'm in!
Don't have much hedge, per-se; but do have various patches that would take some.
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Ixy
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hedges not essential maybe even chuck soe over any bare patch of land you find, wild flowers wouldnt do any real harm and who'd know you'd done it anyway? guerilla flowers!!!
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wipka84
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chub out the train window to brighten up your daily commute.
well done
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Ixy
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rubbish!
got told its too late for wildflower seeds as they need to be cold first...or something 
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Chez
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I think you can plant in either the autumn or the spring. So maybe it's worth getting a second opinion?
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Ian33568
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Why don't you just leave a patch of grass or meadow to naturalise?....We leave three large islands of grass and scythe it once a year in autumn. We add some wild flower seed (a small amount) and they look better and better each year. The insects love it, the birds love the insects and the seeds and the cats like hiding to try and catch the birds (none to date thank goodness).
At the moment the islands have cornflowers, buttercups, daisy, orchids, various grasses, worts, etc .
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Penny
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I have some that say May, so I'll be chucking this wekend
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nettie
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| Ian33568 wrote: | Why don't you just leave a patch of grass or meadow to naturalise?....We leave three large islands of grass and scythe it once a year in autumn. We add some wild flower seed (a small amount) and they look better and better each year. The insects love it, the birds love the insects and the seeds and the cats like hiding to try and catch the birds (none to date thank goodness).
At the moment the islands have cornflowers, buttercups, daisy, orchids, various grasses, worts, etc . |
That is a lovely idea, I'm going to do that 
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Ixy
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I'm leaving a strip around the hedges and keeping the cattle off - shouldn't be too hard i have way too much grass and not enough cows right now - cattle prices are through the roof and ruining everything for me!
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Ian33568
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| nettie wrote: | | Ian33568 wrote: | Why don't you just leave a patch of grass or meadow to naturalise?....We leave three large islands of grass and scythe it once a year in autumn. We add some wild flower seed (a small amount) and they look better and better each year. The insects love it, the birds love the insects and the seeds and the cats like hiding to try and catch the birds (none to date thank goodness).
At the moment the islands have cornflowers, buttercups, daisy, orchids, various grasses, worts, etc . |
That is a lovely idea, I'm going to do that |
Not the best of photos but you get the idea - we leave three large areas natural all year round.
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Cathryn
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We've just sown two fields of wild flowers. It's not too late for the varieties we put in.
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Barefoot Andrew
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| Ixy wrote: | | guerilla flowers!!! |
I did plant some guerilla flowers (ace phrase ) along the hedgey verge opposite my house a while back. Trouble is, every now and then the local council come and cut the grass 
A.
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Ixy
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| Cathryn wrote: | | We've just sown two fields of wild flowers. It's not too late for the varieties we put in. |
ooo and what are they?
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