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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: Wildlife Trust
National Tree Week 2019 – Day 6: Walk in a wood and your troubles fade away
Walk in a wood and your troubles fade away … seems true for me. Sadly, living on the edge of the fens there aren’t many sizeable woods around here and Thetford Forest (our nearest) is mostly a conifer mono-culture, which … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Trees
Tagged Beech trees, Fagus sylvatica, Fungi, nature, plantations, Wildlife Trust
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#30DaysWild – Challenge Accepted!
It seems that I’ve not written much on the blog for a while, mainly because it is a tremendously busy time of year in the garden. Any spare moments were filled with sowing/planting and are now, necessarily, filled with watering … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Wildlife
Tagged #30DaysWild, butterflies, Dragonflies, Madingley Hall, Orchids, Photography, scything, Wildlife Trust
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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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