Do you have a meadow area that you would like to diversify? Would you like to find out how to collect seeds and grow plug plants? If so, do join in with these plans…

Plan 1: To collect wood cranesbill seeds in July and great burnet seeds in August.

Plan 2: Come along on a seed cleaning and sowing day in September. Seeds will be sown into trays in a mixture of compost, grit and sand.

Plan 3: Take the seed trays away, look after the plug plants outside and keep regularly watered.

Plan 4: Join in with plug planting days in spring 2016 and autumn 2016.

Ruth Starr-Keddle is willing and able to assist with these plans and is looking for people who are keen and would like to join in. Anyone can help with seed collecting and plug planting! Do let Ruth know if you would like to help out!

More importantly however, Ruth needs to know whether there are any smallholders/groups/schools who could look after the seedlings and who would like the plug plants to be planted in their meadow/wildflower area.

Please email Ruth if you would like to help out and especially if you would like some plug plants and could look after them: ruth@northpenninesaonb.org.uk

Seed collecting days

Wood crane’s-bill sets seed very quickly and is hard to collect. Ruth will advertise the seed collecting days with short notice and will give training on the day. Dexterous fingers are required!

Last year the seeds were ready on the 15^th July, however this year the flowers might set-seed a bit later, perhaps the 20^th July?

If you are interested, keep this date in mind…