Schools or Nurseries win £500 worth of free loose parts play materials! To enter: 🌱 Like and follow Operation Play Outdoors on Facebook and Twitter 🌱 Like this post 🌱 Tag your school in the comments section 🌱 Repost this for a bonus entry Good Luck! Closes 5pm, 26th Sep

We are particularly interested on any woollies feeding on traditionally resistant rootstock (such as MM106 and MM111) but we are also keen to determine population diversity so if you have a 'nice' infectation in your apple tree get in touch with @NiahGodfrey

To the farmers who are helping to feed the nation, we thank you and want to keep you safe. Remember to be aware of power lines above and below while you work.

Lockdown with kids; a portrayal.

Twitter science practicals this week include: Volcanoes 🌋 Cloud in a jar ☁️ Rain in a jar 🌧 Materials: Jar Cardboard Food colouring Water - hot/cold Shaving foam Hairspray Paint PVA glue Small plastic bottle Ice Newspaper Paint brush Vinegar Bicarbonate of soda 👀

#BlossomWatch A few more apple blossoms

“look at how Roubaix captivates us, even when there’s no Roubaix” Our exclusive Paris-Roubaix special podcast is now ready for your listening pleasure --> https://t.co/1ZQ6jT09uJ

For some #homeducation this is the compost out of the #wormery. Can see the stripped brandling worms and their eggs

#recycle #repurpose used mushroom trays filled with a mix of multipurpose compost, leafmold and wormery compost. Lined with a few sheets of @yorkshirepost and planted with @DTBrownSeeds japanese spinach. Planned for the #allotment but....

Re #masonbees @uk_masonbees just checking to see if there had been any further hatching cocoons and there was a wasp in the front chamber. Do wasps predate #solitarybees as they do #hivebees #bees ? #pollination #orchard

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#BlossomWatch 1/3 About 3 weeks earlier than normal, whatever a normal season is

FUNDING CALL: Urban Tree Challenge Fund. Apply for funding to plant small trees in urban and peri-urban areas in England during the 2021 planting season by 30 May 2020. 🌲🌳🏙️ https://t.co/bCTFP8UZBo

To cheer everyone up, just need to see a cheeky ferret! #Countryside #STEM #homeschooling #STEMeducation

Fun on the farm... but from home! With kids now off school in these extraordinary times, keeping them entertained & continuing their learning can prove a challenge. @WelshLamb_PGI & @PGIWelshBeef have a range of activities to help. https://t.co/A3ot19shFF

Won’t post gruesome photo, life is miserable enough at the moment. Just found 1 of our rams dead, neck ripped out in what looks like a dog attack. I’d been dreading something like this with the increase in footpath use the last 2 weeks. KEEP YOUR DOGS ON LEADS AROUND LIVESTOCK 😡

@potatoes4school @G_M_P_SClass1AB @G_M_P_SClass1BG @GiantVeg I am looking after our beneath the soil project at home and here’s how it’s looking

Count @magsanimals in! Meet our Tarantula from the ultimate safe distance! #onlineagshow