April 2012 Allotment Diary
Lessons from Nature; Sustainable woodland management in the Peak District; Allotment Diary: manure; planting out broad beans; new fruit area; apple canker; sweet pepper seedlings.
What should be done with plastic bags?
EU proposals are likely to limit or ban non-biodegradable plastic bags
Top tips for evading the drought
Garden Organic have published ten tips for drought-proofing your garden, ranging from leaving grass clippings where they lie to trenches for runner beans…
Food prices and food speculation
The World Development Movement is calling for a reform of the speculator’s market in food.
Spider silk spun into violin strings
Yes really! A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a “soft and profound timbre” relative to traditional gut or steel strings. BBC
Anokha – a Mega Student Event
50 competitive events at Anokha, the annual tech-fest of the Amrita School of Engineering at Coimbatore campus; winners took home prizes worth over Rs. 1.5 million.