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Garden Guides, Your Guide to Everything Gardening. Omlet UK | Breed Information | Chickens | Indian Game. Blue Female Dark Male Jubilee Female Appearance: 4.5 Out of 5 Stars Friendliness: 4 Out of 5 Stars Hardiness: Garden: 3.5 Out of 5 Stars Indian Game birds are bred in Cornwall and have been since the 19th century. The Indian Game is both sensible and tame and very confident in character. Standard colours for this bird are dark, jubilee and blue laced. There are no breeds of this type currently available for sale.

Beekeeper's Web Links. The Bad Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Pages website is mostly written by Ron Miksha, who lives in a bee hive in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (OK, he doesn't really live in a bee hive - but he once had a lot of beehive furniture in his house - we know, we've seen it ourselves.) Ron's honey bee blog is updated at erratic intervals, with sticky new entries typically pasted in fortnightly. People have asked - yes, Ron does his own html coding, using a primitive text editor.

And yes, photos and art are his own - unless otherwise attributed - or from public domain sources (eg.. wiki-public commons, dreamstime.com) Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily express anyone's opinions - not even the author's. Please follow this link, if you need more details. This site covers almost everything about the beehive, bees, and honey. Ron has written dozens of bee journal articles and has also penned the book on Bad Beekeeping, which is called "Bad Beekeeping," for obvious reasons. The Barefoot Beekeeper. Introduction to Beekeeping - Begin Beekeeping - Country Fields B. Compliments of Country Fields Beekeeping Supplies Ltd.New Brunswick, Canada So you want to become a beekeeper?

Welcome to this fascinating hobby! The purpose of this Beginning Beekeeper's Guide is to give an overview of the equipment needed to get you started, as well as a few key elements of beekeeping to assist you in keeping your colony strong and productive. Beginning beekeepers, naturally, want to be told precisely what to do and when. You will generally have to rely on books to guide your progress. Keep in mind, however, that you do not become an accomplished beekeeper over night. Home | Next page » Introduction to Beekeeping - Begin Beekeeping - Country Fields B. Find your inner poet | BBC Gardeners' World. Our theme of ‘Seasons’ inspired more than 800 of you to enter this year’s poetry competition, with a huge rise in the number of children’s entries from 2011. The winning poem, Mrs Thorpe’s Arithmetic by Fiona Walker, made a great impression on the judges. Alan Titchmarsh said “I found it haunting and liked reading it over and over”, while Sarah Langan, producer of Radio 4’s Poetry Please, liked the “repeating refrain – its familiarity strikes a chord without being hackneyed”.

The standard was also high in the children’s entries across all age categories, with the judges praising their use of language, describing it as “exceptional” in My Name is the Earth, by Emily Morrish. The winners Click to view the winning poems and runners up in each of the competition categories: Winners - adult category Runners up - adult category Winners - children 10 and under category Winners - children 11-14 category Winners - children 15-17 category The judges Prize details Adults Children Advice on writing poetry.

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