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“We go, in winter’s biting wind,
On many a short-lived winter day,
With aching back but willing mind
To dig and double dig the clay.”
~ Ruth Pitter, The DiehardsForage in January for:
Alexanders, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Chickweed
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Category Archives: Wildflowers
Wordless Wednesday – The Art of Weightlessness
Posted in Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged Bulrush, Chippenham Park Gardens, Gardening, Greater Reedmace, Photography, Swamp, Typha latifolia, Wetland plants
2 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Sadie and the Daisies
Posted in Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged dog daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, meadows, Ox-eye daisies, Photography, Sadie, Walks, Wildflowers
3 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Furry flowers and spiky seedheads
Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged Dane's blood, Pasque flower, Photography, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Purple, Therfield Heath, Wildflowers
13 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
Wordless Wednesday – Orchids
Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged chalk, Common Spotted Orchid, Man Orchid, Orchids, Photography, quarry, Twayblade, UK native orchids, Wildflowers
7 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The considerable allure of teasel
Posted in Bees, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged Bumblebees, Gardening, Hoverflies, Insects, Photography, pollinators, teasel
17 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Cornfield poppies
Posted in Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged agriculture, Common poppy, cornfield, countryside, Gardening, nature, Papaver rhoeas, Photography, Poppies
15 Comments
Looking for a man!
OK, I couldn’t resist that title …. but it really should read man orchid (Orchis anthropophora, recently changed from Aceras anthropophorum on DNA evidence). The man orchid is a UK native, hardy orchid, which favours sunny conditions on free-draining, calcareous … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged hardy orchid, Horticulture, Man Orchid, Orchids, Orchis anthropophora, Photography, quarry, UK native
17 Comments