Category: Garden
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Birches
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stayAs ice-storms do. Often you must have seen themLoaded with ice a sunny winter morningAfter a rain. They click upon themselvesAs the breeze rises, and turn many-coloredAs the stir cracks and crazes their enamelSoon the sun’s warmth makes them shed…
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Rambling by the Book
I read a few more chapters from Rewilding Yourself when the spell gradually dawned that there is more nature beyond the garden gate! So on Tuesday, the sunshine goaded me to wrap up warm, pull on my boots and investigate the perimeter of the local recreation ground. The profusion of native Geraniums sprouting in the…
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Nature and the Mind Pirates
(Or ‘Why does this blog exist?’) The original idea was simply to provide a few bee plants that were robust and able to maintain themselves with minimum attention or interference from me. But it all took on a life and momentum of its own, which has taken me by surprise. Apart from the few bought…
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Native Ferns
The mission today is to attempt identifying the ferns found in the garden. As these were growing near together, I assumed they were the same but actually inspecting and comparing the specimens, this now appears incorrect, as one has a distinct ‘frilliness’ to the edges with what could be described as a twist or curl…
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Books for a Wild Crossroad
This crossroad in my life is an opportunity to change direction more in accordance with my values, interests and skill set. So, fortified by online research with a list of recommended reading from Isabella Tree and armed with my trusty library card, visited my local branch where they only stock one of the titles, and…
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Do they know it’s November?
The cuttings seem happy, in the main. One of the Pelagonium cuttings has flower buds and there is a flourishing unknown seedling in with a Fuschia – no, idk what or how but curious enough to sacrifice the cutting if needs be. One of them looks a bit dodgy but there is new growth coming…
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Name for the Gnome
A suitably silly and pretentious name has been chosen; meet Lord Fluffy Erdgeist Superbius, guardian of Toad Henge and his flock of dabbling ducks. Although it does seem late to be moving plants around, the temperature is mild and nothing appears to have suffered for the relocation. I keep looking to see if anything has…
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Seeds of Valour
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ” Buddha I don’t claim to understand the quote but it is at the least, an invitation to look and wonder. These Iris seed heads were discovered on an outing during September. They were maybe a little immature but…
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Gnome Sweet Home
The seedling Geraniums sprouted on a patch of moss that was growing over aggregate concrete. It had been undisturbed because the garden birds enjoyed dust baths there and we enjoyed watching their antics. I took some of these seedlings yesterday, carefully removing grass but keeping the moss and transplanted them to the edging around the…
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