Farming at a crossroads as changing crops help to boost yields
Hugh Pegrum has been farming in Essex for many years and he looks at some of the issues effecting agriculture as he talks to Ken Crowther.
#borage #oilseedrape #fields #farms #defra
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A new hanger to help support your vegetables whilst growing
Ken Crowther talks to Jo Hughes from Root Up about their launch product, - the Growyo Hanger.
Buy now online: https://bit.ly/4o1LjuW
#plant #support #gardeningtips #tomatoes #cucumbers
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Grass cuttings can prevent weeds says gardener
Ken Crowther talks to allotment holder and gardener, Bill Matthews about some interesting tips to prevent weeds on a potato crop.
#vegetables #growing #allotmentlife #gardenlife
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Honey bees make up around half of all London's pollinators
Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE talks to Ken about bee populations in London and encourages people to take part in protecting pollinators with Pollinating London Together action group.
Normally in any survey of pollinators honey bees would make up around 11 percent of all the insects surveyed, but in London last year's Pollinating London Together survey found nearly 57 percent of those insects surveyed were honey bees.
Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4oQFjGj
#bees #pollination #honey #wasps #hoverflies
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Growers are producing 260 percent more cucumbers per plant than 60 years ago
Lee Stiles is the Secretary of the Lea Valley Growers Association and he gives an insight into growing fresh vegetables for the British supermarkets.
The Lea Valley area is made up of some 450 acres of glasshouses and is near London, on the Essex and Hertfordshire border, - straddling the River Lea.
From here 80 million cucumbers are grown every year - three-quarters of the UK crop - as well as 100 million sweet peppers, 25 million aubergines and thousands of tonnes of vine tomatoes.
About 70 growers are part of the association, with several of those based within Greater London.
For more information on the Lea Valley Growers Association: https://bit.ly/45uvZAr
#business #supermarkets #horticulture
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