#netheredge — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterday I walked into the office via Brincliffe Edge Woods, Sheffield. I was interested to see a wild service tree planted. This was something I had been thinking of planting in my own mini coppice but worried about fireblight. Something has taken out lots of council planted Whitebeams nearby. Anyway, here's a link to the organisation managing the wood where I saw the tree:
http://www.netheredge.org.uk/neng-activities/brincliffe-edge-wood/
#sorbus #brincliffe #sheffield #netheredge

Has anyone else noticed an abundance of honeydew this year? When I rode into work through Nether Edge, this morning, I thought I had a puncture, but it was just the amount of honeydew on the road making my tyres stick and sound flat! I thought what is the point of honeydew from the tree's perspective? It is wasteful of photosynthesis products and can't do them any good. Then I read up, it's secreted by insects that are essentially messy eaters...... #honeydew #sheffield #netheredge