Category: Interesting ‘facts’
A Teaspoon Of Soil Contains More Living Organisms Than There Are People On Earth
Posted onFennel and cow parsley attract ladybirds and hover flies, these eat aphids.
Posted onTemperate zone vegetables will not go to seed on the equator due to daylight hours.
Posted onPurple sprouting broccoli is cold hardy to -17C
Posted on97% of the worlds water is salty, of the 3% – 75% is ice and 11% is ground water
Posted onQuote by Geoff Lawton
A sheltered tree grows at twice the rate.
Posted onThere are more living organisms in a tablespoon of soil than there is humans on the planet.
Posted onAn oak tree has more than 500 connections / interactions with it’s surroundings.
Posted onA hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles to collect 1 kg of honey.
Posted onA bee is said to make three journeys in order to bring one drop of nectar to the hive; 25,000 foraging trips are said to be necessary to gather the raw material for one pound of honey. A honeybee will visit 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip, and a hive of bees will […]