Ep 1. Introduction and Primroses

Our first podcast! We cover how the podcast will work, what we are up to and who we are. We also talk about some up-to-date news and our native plant of the week, the wonderful Primrose.

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Brilliant Podcasts/Radio:

A gardening blog and podcast offering advice on all things horticultural | Roots And All

UK Wildlife Podcast – UK Wildlife (uk-wildlife.co.uk)

The Bearded Tit’s Podcast (podbean.com)

Listen to RHS gardening podcasts / RHS Gardening

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BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time

Neonicotinoids:

Statement on the decision to allow a derogation for the neonicotinoid Thiamethoxam to be used on sugar beet - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids - Petitions (parliament.uk)

Find your MP - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament

Prime Minister - no more neonics | The Wildlife Trusts

secure.greenpeace.org.uk | Save Our Bees

The Bee Cause Are bees endangered? | Friends of the Earth

Organisations unite against neonicotinoids decision - Pesticide Action Network UK (pan-uk.org)

Gardening Advice for Bees:

Gardening advice - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Duke of Burgundy Butterfly:

UK Butterflies - Duke of Burgundy - Hamearis lucina

Duke of Burgundy (butterfly-conservation.org)

Moth Recorders Meeting:

UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (butterfly-conservation.org)

Big Garden Bird Watch:

Big Garden Birdwatch | Join the fun - The RSPB

The composition of British bird communities is associated with long-term garden bird feeding | Nature Communications

Primroses:

BBC - Earth - The splendid displays of proper primroses

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Primula vulgaris Huds. (P. acaulis (L.) Hill) - Jacquemyn - 2009 - Journal of Ecology - Wiley Online Library

Oxford University Plants 400: Primula vulgaris

The pin and thrum of primroses | Plant Scientist (wordpress.com)

http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/published/1862_primula_F1717.html

BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants

Book club:

Nestboxes: Your Complete Guide | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

Nestboxes: Your Complete Guide | NHBS Academic & Professional Books

Nestboxes: Your Complete Guide from Summerfield Books

ISBN 978-1-908581-84-6