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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
Tag Archives: eyed-hawk moth
The East Pit and the rare Moon Carrot
That sounds like a title of a children’s book, but a couple of weeks ago I went on an evening walk lead by members of the Wildlife Trust in an old chalk quarry in Cambridge and discovered a whole load … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Plants, Uncategorized
Tagged Burnet moths, Centaury, chalk, Cherry Hinton, East Pit, eyed-hawk moth, Fairy flax, Glow-worms, Moon Carrot, Musk thistle, quarry, St John's Wort, Wildlife Trust, Yellow-wort
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