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Strathnairn (about 25km southwest of Inverness)

Nearly 20cm of lying snow yesterday morning. Its still white this evening but slowly melting (although there have been the odd snow showers through the day today). The daffodils are probably ruined but nothing else was flowering yet so should still come. Snow in May is fairly normal here but...

Species mixes are done by % weight and flower seeds are usually smaller & lighter than grass seed. Therefore, although the mix mentioned above is about 25% flowers by weight, it will be 50% (or more) flowers by number of seeds. I wouldn't be worried about it not being drilled yet. I wouldn't...

As far as I know the nearest beehives to me are 6.8km away. Prior to me getting bees last year we did not ever see honeybees. Therefore their range is (usually) less than 6.8km.

I've just ordered plants for 200m of new hedging, going in this winter, with bees in mind. Hawthorn, crab apple, gean, willow, Hazel and juniper. I'm also propagating blackcurrant, flowering currant and gooseberry bushes to plant in the hedge. You can also put in a few trees to grow as...