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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Category Archives: Spring
Wordless Wednesday – Tossed Tresses and Twisted Trunks
Posted in Spring, Trees, Wordless
Tagged catkins, Corkscrew Hazel, Corylus avellana 'Contorta', Gardening, hazel, Photography, Spring, Trees
10 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Introducing Slawa
Oh go on then, just a few more!
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, orange, Photography, Tulipa 'Slawa', tulips
4 Comments
Easter 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic
As we hit a number of scary milestones in the path of this disease this Easter I am thinking of key workers in all walks of life with gratitude And wishing everyone a peaceful and hopeful Easter.
Wordless Wednesday – Daffodils: A visual antidote
Wimpole Hall is owned by the National Trust. In a statement about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday 17 March 2020 the National Trust said that … Although Wimpole Hall, Farm, restaurant, visitor welcome, shops are now closed until further notice, … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Spring, Uncategorized, Wimpole Hall, Wordless
Tagged Coronavirus (COVID-19), Daffodils, Gardens, National Trust, Photography, spring bulbs, Wimpole Hall, Yellow
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Sun Bliss and the Wild Tulips
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, Photography, Scented, spring bulbs, Tulipa sylvestris, Wild tulips, Yellow
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – A sinusoidal snake dance
Posted in Spring, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged fritillaria, fritillaria meleagris, Gardening, meadows, Photography, snake’s head fritillaries, Wildflowers
4 Comments
April flowers – You’re the ones that I want!
Chloris at The Blooming Garden has a fantastic range of spring flowers and she has select her favourite ‘ten’ for April in this post, giving me plenty of ideas for next year. Meanwhile, these are my current favourite plants around … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Arum, euphorbia, fritillaries, Gardening, Photography, Ribes, spring bulbs, tulips
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Sunshine
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Gardening, Photography, spring bulbs, Tulipa Abu Hassan', tulips
1 Comment
Wordless Wednesday: Fleur-de-lis decoration
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged bulbs, Gardening, Iris reticulata, meadows, Photography, Purple, Wimpole Estate
9 Comments
