How many times have you been to an allotment society show, looked at the exhibits and said to yourself “mine are better than that”? This was my view for several years, until 2016 when I thought “I will put my money where my mouth” is and enter the show. I looked at the show […]
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Almost the first plant we saw on our “wildflowers of Malham Tarn” walk was sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata). This is a handsome umbellifer with fern-like leaves. There are of course many umbellifers, some of which – such as hemlock and hemlock water dropwort – are poisonous, so you need to be sure of your identification.
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Here are all the class winners from last month’s summer show: 2016 summer show class winners Congratulations to them all. If you’ve never entered a show before, and are wondering whether or not to have a go at the autumn show on 3 September, just go for it! Although some classes had many entrants (especially the
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