The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

On a small site that until a few years ago was a lawn we have very dense stands of YR this year. Probably the densest l have seen anywhere.

I wrote to my MP as soon as I saw the letter.
And I suggested a few friends did similar.

Hi Sarah.

Try any of the ones listed here … or the RHS offer the service.

https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/s ... -companies

We are doing our best in Sidmouth.

My colleague Prof Stefan Buczacki wrote a great piece for our website,
https://sidvalleybiodiversity.org.uk/ch ... servation/

The quickest way to determine if it’s high fertility is to take soil samples and have them analysed. No one can guess the actual nutrient levels and as presumably the maize crop was taken away for silage the levels might be far lower than expected. But if it’s grade 1 land it’ll be naturally fertile...

Thanks Richard.

I’ve asked the author to reply and he is waiting for his request to join the group is approved.

A year-long survey of the Sid valley’s wild flowers has found over 400 different species, many of them recorded 170 years ago by a local doctor and amateur botanist. This report is the culmination of a years recording by a group of volunteers in the Sid Valley and is a benchmark in which to plan fut...