This week we dive deep into the musty world of your compost bin and look at the wildlife you could find there. We are also joined for the second time by worm expert Dr Emma Sherlock. Then, we cover our first native pond plant, the charming Flowering Rush or Butomus umbellatus.
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The Secret Life of Garden Bees - Blackwells
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Wildlife sightings
Swift Conservation Homepage (swift-conservation.org)
Humming-bird Hawk-moth | Butterfly Conservation (butterfly-conservation.org)
Emperor Dragonfly - British Dragonfly Society (british-dragonflies.org.uk)
Plants looking good
RHS extreme heat damage to garden plants survey - July 2022 (surveymonkey.co.uk)
Gillenia trifoliata|Bowman's root/RHS Gardening
Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy'|stonecrop 'Herbstfreude'/RHS Gardening
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'|Culver's root 'Fascination'/RHS Gardening
Rosemary - How to Plant, Grow and Harvest | RHS Herbs / RHS Gardening
Sage - How to Plant, Grow and Harvest | RHS Herbs / RHS Gardening
Prostanthera cuneata|alpine mint bush/RHS Gardening
Hampton court visit
Francoa sonchifolia|wedding flower/RHS Gardening
Prostanthera cuneata|alpine mint bush/RHS Gardening
Prostanthera lasianthos|Victoria Christmas bush/RHS Gardening
Wildlife Gardening: For Everyone and Everything from Summerfield Books
Media appearances
What should I do about ants in my garden? - The RHS Gardening Podcast | Podfollow
Wildlife Gardening in Small Spaces with Ellie and Ben from the Wildlife Garden Podcast - YouTube
Compost wildlife
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) - British Beetles - Woodland Trust
Digestive System of an Earthworm - Biology Wise
Digestive System of Earthworm (thebiologynotes.com)
The Earthworm Gut: an Ideal Habitat for Ingested N2O-Producing Microorganisms - PMC (nih.gov)
Culturable microorganisms from the earthworm digestive tract | SpringerLink
The contentious nature of soil organic matter | Nature
CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms
Compost pile - microbewiki (kenyon.edu)
Carbon cycle - microbewiki (kenyon.edu)
Meet the Molecules; Geosmin | John Innes Centre (jic.ac.uk)
Geosmin - American Chemical Society (acs.org)
Actinomycetes as nature’s pharmacists | Microbiology Society
Soil smell is bacterial lure (acs.org)
Dr Emma Sherlock
Emma Sherlock Natural History Museum
Flowering Rush, Butomus umbellatus
Flowering Rush Plug (Butomus umbellatus) | UK Delivery | Naturescape
Butomus umbellatus - Wikipedia
Species Profile - Butomus umbellatus (usgs.gov)
Butomus umbellatus Flowering Rush PFAF Plant Database
Butomus umbellatus L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Flowering Rush – Invasive Species Centre
Butomus umbellatus (flowering-rush): Go Botany (nativeplanttrust.org)
July - Flowering Rush — Living Levels
Butomus umbellatus | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Butomus umbellatus the flowering rush - Merebrook Pond Plants
FernandoandCass1997aButomusumbellatusmalereproductivedevelopment.pdf
Ep 25. Compost, Worms and the Flowering Rush