New initiative from the Coop
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Sorry if I gave any offence in my response to the coop initiative but it reflects my long considered opinion of most coop projects apart from their funeral services.
Anyone who has ever tried it will tell you that casting a wild flower seed mix on a patch of rough ground will result (3 years later) in a patch of grassy rough ground.
but don't let me put you off!
Anyone who has ever tried it will tell you that casting a wild flower seed mix on a patch of rough ground will result (3 years later) in a patch of grassy rough ground.
but don't let me put you off!
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The Coop do quite a lot of good - look at their campaign against exploitation of the Alberta tar oil sands for instance (http://www.co-operative.coop/join-the-revolution/our-plan/clean-energy-revolution/tar-sands/resources/), and several other campaigns http://www.co-operative.coop/join-the-revolution/...... I posted this thread for one simple reason, they are offering to put in expertise to help make some unloved areas into a haven for pollinators - nothing to do with scattering a few seeds on rough ground, but properly thought out schemes, I gather probably in concert with local volunteers.
I've seen similar initiatives that have been really successful - there were some done recently whereby they replaced ghastly "planted beds" and grassland in local parks with drifts of native wild flowers........
Dare I say "every little helps" towards helping preserve our pollinating insects? (Unlike some supermarket bosses who are keen to steamroller in GMOs......)
This week, Waitrose announced an excellent scheme to help schoolchildren grow veg, which they can then sell in their supermarkets (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/02/waitrose-alan-titchmarsh-schools-initiative ) - so there is some good being done by such businesses, and I hope to see far more!
I've seen similar initiatives that have been really successful - there were some done recently whereby they replaced ghastly "planted beds" and grassland in local parks with drifts of native wild flowers........
Dare I say "every little helps" towards helping preserve our pollinating insects? (Unlike some supermarket bosses who are keen to steamroller in GMOs......)
This week, Waitrose announced an excellent scheme to help schoolchildren grow veg, which they can then sell in their supermarkets (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/02/waitrose-alan-titchmarsh-schools-initiative ) - so there is some good being done by such businesses, and I hope to see far more!
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The British native lime is Tilia cordata. The mainland European one is T. platyphyllos. They're obviously very close relatives because they hybridise, but the hybrid wouldn't naturally occur in Britain because the two trees wouldn't have been able to meet without man's intervention. It's mostly the hybrids that have been used for urban planting schemes.
There's a bit more about native trees - "Compared with other countries, Britain has relatively few native trees; between 30-40 (the exact number depends on how you define a 'tree' and 'species')" - and how they are managed on the FC/Westonbirt site http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6zpgub including mention of a 2,000 year old T. cordata.
Thank you, arboreal experts, alanf and beejoyful, for this explanation.
Here's hoping for a touch of hybrid vigour from the SE1 Limes this summer !
