April 2017
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May Bank Holiday 2017 Opening Times
Less than a week to go before we’re heading into the month of May and being treated to not just one, but two more bank holidays! This year the Early May Bank Holiday happens on the 1st May, and as always the Spring Bank Holiday follows right at the end of the month, happening on the 29th May this year -
Watermelons @ Week #7 - Fruits Now Developing
In our last update we had just started to see the flowers appear on our watermelon plants and were being treated to some hand pollination by our team in Burnley. There are now a total of five pollinated flowers, but of course this doesn’t guarantee us five watermelons – we’ll have to see if all of them have fertilised first -
Watermelons @ Week 6 - Time To Start Pollinating!
Our watermelon plants are now at week 6 of growth, and the first fruit has appeared. Did you know that watermelon plants grow both female and male flowers? The female flower carries the fruit, and the male flower the pollen. So yes, this means pollination time! Most plants would rely on either wind or insects to pollinate their flowers -
Our Visit To The Incredible AquaGarden Social Enterprise In Todmorden
Yesterday we took a visit to the awesome Incredible AquaGarden in Todmorden to donate, with the generosity of Ikon International, a selection of BioTabs Starter Kits and CocoGuru Blockz for this seasons organic grow in AutoPots. Being a social enterprise, the principle behind Incredible AquaGarden is a simple one