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Moor Meadows
Добавлен 4 дек 2018
Love wildflower meadows? Learn more about them and the wildlife they support with our inspirational talks and practical videos, with top speakers.
Moor Meadows is a community initiative, established in 2015 by a small number of local people whose aim was to start a friendly group to help each other in conserving, restoring and creating flower-rich grasslands in the landscape of Dartmoor and beyond.
For more information, or to join the events list, see: www.moormeadows.org.uk
Or, why not join our meadow-makers' Forum where you can post questions, answers and a whole lot more: forum.meadowmakersnetwork.org.uk
Moor Meadows is a community initiative, established in 2015 by a small number of local people whose aim was to start a friendly group to help each other in conserving, restoring and creating flower-rich grasslands in the landscape of Dartmoor and beyond.
For more information, or to join the events list, see: www.moormeadows.org.uk
Or, why not join our meadow-makers' Forum where you can post questions, answers and a whole lot more: forum.meadowmakersnetwork.org.uk
Masons, Miners and Scissors - Wild Bees of the Meadows
An inspiring talk by renowned ecologist John Walters, featuring exclusive video footage that reveals the captivating behaviors of wild bees. Explore the fascinating world of these incredible pollinators, from ground-nesting miner bees to leaf-cutting bees, and even those that build their nests in empty snail shells.
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How to Create a Nature Reserve on an Acre
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Ed Parr Ferris, from Devon Wildlife Trust, is an expert in wildlife conservation and land management. This thought provoking talk covers the principles of managing a nature reserve, whatever the scale. Recorded at Stockland Village Hall, near Honiton, November 2023.
Rhos Pasture Plant ID: a nationally rare habitat
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Learn about some of the wild plants that can be found in a Rhos pasture on Dartmoor, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. Rhos pastures are a mosaic of wet meadows, bogs, heaths, woodland and scrub. The marshy grassland areas can be very species-rich, characterised by purple moor-grass and rush, plus many distinctive plants such as Bog pimpernel, Round-leaved sundew, Bog asphodel, Common cotton-grass ...
Wild Flower Identification - A Beginner’s Guide
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A detailed look at some of the key wildflowers you may find in a species-rich meadow in Devon, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. A really good introduction for beginners’ covering 19 wildflowers. We filmed Hannah at Challacombe Farm on Dartmoor, which opens for Open Meadows in summer.
Creating a wildflower meadow from a grass dominated pasture, with Desley White, Cows in Clover
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Join Desley White from conservation grazing outfit Cows in Clover to learn how she managed to create a wildflower rich meadow from standard grassland in under 5 years, as part of Devon Wildlife Trust's, Avon Valley project.
A Celebration of Meadows, George Peterken
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George Peterken is a world renowned ecologist and meadows expert. In this talk given for Moor Meadows at Malborough South Devon in April 2023, George discusses the history of meadows, their cultural value and speaks about the wood meadows project he is involved with. There is a Question and Answer session with George at the end of the talk.
How to make and maintain mini-meadows with RSPB's Adrian Thomas
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Join RSPB's Adrian Thomas, author of Gardening for Wildlife for a practical talk on how to create and look after garden meadows and how to attract more wildlife to your garden too.
Wild Meadows, by ecologist John Walters
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This talk explores the amazing diversity of wildlife found in Devon meadows. John Walters is a hugely knowledgeable ecologist, illustrator and author, and consultant on many BBC radio and television programmes, including The Living World, Springwatch and the One Show.
Laying a New Hedge, Jeremy Weiss, Devon Hedge Group
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Join Jeremy Weiss to learn how to lay a hedge for the first time. Jeremy runs Proper Edges in Devon, specialising in rural skills. More information... Contact Jeremy here: properedges.com/
Restoring flailed hedgerows by hedgelaying, Jeremy Weiss, Devon Hedge Group
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Join Jeremy Weiss to learn how old flailed out hedges can be restored and made stockproof through a process of hedgelaying. More information... Contact Jeremy here: properedges.com/
Creating Biochar from Hedgelaying, Jeremy Weiss, Devon Hedge Group
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Learn the basics of making biochar for garden use in this video with Jeremy Weiss. Jeremy runs Proper Edges in Devon, specialising in rural skills. Making biochar is a great way to make use of organic waste material from hedge laying; usually this material is just bonfired. Seven top tips for a successful burn... 1) Always keep the fire going well and don’t choke it by feeding to much in at a t...
Life in the hedge how to manage hedgerows for wildlife, with Rob Wolton and Nigel Adams
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Only 14 per cent of hedgerows in England are in good condition. There is immense potential for managing hedgerows for wildlife and people. Native hedgerows can play a major role in helping nature recovery and mitigating climate change. The government wants the post-Brexit agricultural subsidy system to encourage farmers and landowners to better maintain hedges to meet these aims. Hedgerows can ...
Life on the Verge creating and managing wildlife friendly verges
Просмотров 120Год назад
An informative and inspiring talk by County road verge specialists, Dr Kate Petty from Plantlife and Leo Gubert, senior ecologist at Highways England South West. Did you know that nearly half of the UK’s wildflower species grow in verges? That roadside spaces are refuges for many rare meadow wildflowers that have vanished from elsewhere in the landscape? Roadside verges cover a huge area in the...
An introduction to Conservation Grazing of Meadows Part 2
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Conservation grazing is livestock grazing that promotes biodiversity, encouraging wildflowers as well as creating a diversity of habitats for wildlife. This video comprises three talks: 1. Dr Pen Rashbass outlines animal health & welfare when grazing for nature. 2. Phil Wilson talks about how your dinner can help mitigate climate change. 3. Simon Berry discusses best practice for grazing wetter...
An Introduction to Conservation Grazing of Meadows Part 1
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An Introduction to Conservation Grazing of Meadows Part 1
Orchard A Year in England’s Eden, Nick Gates
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Orchard A Year in England’s Eden, Nick Gates
How to Create a Meadow, with Plantlife's Matt Pitts
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How to Create a Meadow, with Plantlife's Matt Pitts
The Garden Jungle how to save our insects, Prof Dave Goulson
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The Garden Jungle how to save our insects, Prof Dave Goulson
Why Meadows Matter, a talk by Stephen Moss
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Why Meadows Matter, a talk by Stephen Moss
Part 1 - Devon hedges, Tom Hynes, Devon Hedge Group
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Part 1 - Devon hedges, Tom Hynes, Devon Hedge Group
Jon Valters, talking about West Devon meadows on BBC Radio Devon 03.02.21
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Jon Valters, talking about West Devon meadows on BBC Radio Devon 03.02.21
Moor Meadows on BBC Radio Devon 06/01/2021
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Moor Meadows on BBC Radio Devon 06/01/2021
Life in the Meadow - Part 7: Hoppers and Spiders
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Life in the Meadow - Part 7: Hoppers and Spiders
Life in the Meadow - Part 6: Beetles and Bugs
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Life in the Meadow - Part 6: Beetles and Bugs
No binders at all around the stakes? I guess because they are in two rows, save yourself the hassle?
Let me guess .An hourly rate !😂
Where did you get that billhook? I would like to buy one
Really enjoyed this ...thankyou🌾🌱🌿
Really interesting to hear Phillip talk! 👍
Great talk, thanks for posting
Fascinating lecture
It rustic U don't AV to make it strhht start u can make it tight and windy windy what erlyest to stay hedge lay
Excellent thanks
Really helpful, thanks
Do the stakes sprout like a willow cuttings would?
Pretty sure they don't.
Super interesting! Learned loads thank you!
Excellent variety of grasses - if only the camera had zoomed in on the grass head each time! Very good presenter who really knew her stuff.
Much love from suburban Philly PA in the USA!
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Trying to learn about grasses, this was so helpful. Thank you so much. I've subscribed.
Thank you for this video. Super clear instruction! I’m in the States hoping to do a hedge experiment on my property with something that grows well here. I’d love to learn more about the initial preparation and planting of the hedge line.
You can see in the video that the hawthorn was planted between two fences, protection is fairly essential to prevent thin spots caused by wild animals grazing in the spring for the first 3 years or so. I saw that black locust has thorns, and is a very vigorous tree these are all great characteristics for a hedge species, however how flexible they are in winter when hedge laying should occur matters as well. I would go out in the woods and find vigorous hardwood species and test how well they lay down as a hedge as thorns aren't everything if you can get the hedge dense enough. Thorns are just preferred as they can keep rabbits and hares out as well.
Fantastic video, thank you ❤
If you want a hedge why do you have a barbed wire fence?
Prevent livestock trampling it before it is large enough to contain them.
How does 2 lines of barbed wire help wildlife, unless it’s removed once the hedge grows?
Sedges have Edges Rushes are Round Grasses have joints all the way to the ground
Do you get stuck with the thorns a lot? Or do some of your (UK) hawthorn not have big spikes?
Good Work... I farm in bavaria and see this for the first time.
great clear introduction to field identification of grasses
Very interesting. Thanks
Well done you guys for saving britain.
What do you do if a steeper is alive high up, but where it leans over at the bottom it's dead and rotten? Struggling with some big neglected hedges on our dairy farm.
I guess part of the base must still be alive for sap to travel to higher up . Make sure that’s not the bit you cut through obvs .
Skip to 4:55 to begin
Have you got an update video? Thank you for this one - good to see it in action
Im not sure why but you remind me of john pertwee in doctor who. Lovely done btw .
I was thinking more Ken Barlow .
@@barkershill 🤣
Excellent content thank you all of you👍
Hello from the gutters of NYC, There is so much room in Moor Meadows For us to ship our crazy homeless To live in your hedgerows And activate your biochar By pooping
It helps maybe when you shredded it before to compound it, what do you think about it?
Hi how much bare ground do you need to create for natural seeding ? Can you a percentage of the site ? Thanks
My grandad used to make ricks out of faggots of wood for winter kindling. I haven't heard that term in ages! I use to assume it was a Devonshire word but maybe not.
Rewilding is a win win every time.
Its a good video, all the right ideas and intentions. But can we, for the love of whatever, stop calling it "biochar" like it is some magical thing? Its charcoal. Its made by the same process (if you go down to chemistry), from the same feedstock and afterward is 100% indistinguishable from charcoal. If you pour compost liquid into it, its inoculated charcoal, but charcoal nontheless.
Yes, I thought biochar was made by heating at high temperatures (compared with charcoal) in the absence of, or very limited, oxygen. That's (so I've read) is supposedly what makes it more porous, containing more minerals, more environmentally friendly and much longer lasting than charcoal. I've seen quite a few "biochars" that look like charcoal to me.
Doesn’t sound nearly so posh though does it ?
@@GlynisDance You just described charcoal. Which is created at high temperatures and in absence of oxygen (pyrolysis). There is no difference between charcoal and biochar at all, at least not in its creation - the only difference is its eventual use, the material is one and the same. Using a silly new word for the same stuff is commonly used as a cheap marketing trick.
Definitely one of the BETTER videos covering this topic
Queimar matéria orgânica é um erro. Você pode triturar a matéria orgânica e por sobre o solo, para que com a decomposição, se forme o adubo para as plantas ou triturar e fazer compostagem.❤❤❤
What trees are this?
Hawthorn, he said in the beginning. Mostly, anyway.
Sycamore seems like an odd choice for hedge laying. Is there a reason for choosing this tree over other more common species like Hawthorn?
No . My guess is that it just got into the hedge by means of wind blown seeds . Having said that though I have seen quite big sycamores successfully pleached and laid , so if that’s all you got then that’s what you have to make do with .
Beautifully done, my friends think I'm weird because I'm very interested in hedgerows and their history. Thank you for sharing.
My father grew up on a farm in Devon between the wars and would talk about the winter job of "hedging and ditching". The soil in the ditch would be cut and lifted with a lazy jack (long handled shovel) and placed (slapped!) onto the side or shoulder of the bank. His lazy jack, made by the local blacksmith, now hangs in my shed ready to dig my runner bean trench. Along with a couple of his billhooks and a staff hook.
@@lesleyscott938. Sounds like my friends!😂
@@paddyoak1 😬
That was great I am jealous. I haven't been part of a good farm burn in ages.
Prática totalmente errada! 😢
@@mirleydamazio628just curious what you prefer? Edit: I just read your other comment and generally agree.
Excellent thank you.
Thank you for this presentation. It made me consider my own land and how to best steward it.
Interesting but after very many years of burning my brash after hedging I now have a total no burn policy. Find room somewhere for pushing it up in piles,birds nest and gain much protection from predators and when you see half the world burning you feel your doing something positive. Think hedgehogs, toads and so much more.
When you can just about identify plants & then realize there's hundreds of species of grasses 👁️👄👁️
Good job they've got helmets on with those heavy branches 😅
😂 I’m quite sure that they’re wearing the helmets only for the face shields. If you’ve ever had your eye whipped by a hawthorn branch you’ll know why. 😢
@@JohnPValentine tell me about it, currently doing a hedge that's got 30feet brambles intertwined with it all too, straight in the face when you pull them out!
Yer case thy fall over it can be a dangerous job I got thorn in me foot don't where trainers it went right in and my foot was itching and bash it hard nearly lost me leg and foot to gangerin I think your head will be ok as long as u don't pricked ok
Chainsaw helmets they protect the head and face from flying thorns and splinters but more importantly they prevent a broken chain burying itself in your head.
Thank you for this, it’s quite interesting!
Some amazing videos on this channel!
Much enjoyed, thank you!
Always wondered how hedges got so dense using normal trees that naturally grow straight up. Can this be done with beech trees? I planted a line of beech around my front garden and wanting a natural fence. I planted them this year so they are only about 4ft tall. How long do i need to wait to do this process?
Beech does work for this, and you can see in the video it's about 2 inches diameter.