@strongylodon I think that I have said before...you need to publish the photos of your wildflowers for more to see. They are superb. As always...
We tackled the nettles by the fencing in the orchard. Then weeded out between the slabs. Left it far too long this time. Harvested some more...
Cut the paths in the orchard. Only had rain the other night, first rain for months, but the grass has grown and grown. The uncut sections are feet...
@BB3 We have loads of speckled woods. Saw a brimstone and orange tip yesterday. Holly blues around as well. But only 1 peacock and no red...
We have been sowing in succession and the radishes have been brilliant. However harvested some today and one of them, not too big at all, was...
A busy morning here for us. Planted out some more dwarf french bean seedlings. Weeded around the swiss chard. Yet again sowed some beetroot seeds...
I really do love seeing the stunning photos of wildflowers that are shown here. Many decades ago I had to build up a portfolio of wildflowers as...
Weeded a pathed area near the pond. Sowed some corn poppies in the cracks and watered them in. Then had a go at weeding between the spinach...
@strongylodon how lucky you are to have a nuthatch. What do we have at the moment? Magpies attacking the feeders and chucking them down on the...
@Robert Bowen the cakes used to be mega mega mega ......so it really had to slow down. Too much time was been taken and spent on the cakes. Even...
Maybe a stupid question but will the cloches stop the pollinators?
We joined others in the village for the garden club visit this morning. Amazing plants with (for me) the best were the huge assortments of irises...
Harvested our first ever cauli after being here since 1978! The leaves are brilliant as well and are now being cooked for later. Magnificent. [ATTACH]
Maybe I should go and cleaned the windows outside. That always brings on rain!
Swallows and house martins are very very few in numbers here. This has been in decline for some years now and each year it is less. We used to see...
Stunning photos as always @Scroggin. Lovely to see such beautiful wild flowers.
Does it have thorns? Flowers look like Blackthorn. Have you noticed any berries in the autumn?
The leaves look like butterbur but the flowers don't.
Painted lady? Haven't seen one for years.
We have/had 2 supposedly Victs. One we decided was not but a cooking one which was no problem as we still used the fruits. This year that one...
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