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• Wordless Wednesday – Winter Walks

  Greensand Ridge Snowdrops Pegsdon – Morning Sun on Old Mans Beard Greensand Ridge Winter Sunset Pegsdon – Old Mans Beard Clematis vitalba Pegsdon – Red Kite... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Winter Walks

  

  Greensand Ridge Snowdrops Pegsdon – Morning Sun on Old Mans Beard Greensand Ridge Winter Sunset Pegsdon – Old Mans Beard Clematis vitalba Pegsdon – Red Kite... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday At Home and Abroad

  

  Another month has passed and at home our visiting garden wildlife has brought uplifting rays of sunshine in an otherwise bitterly cold and often dreary January. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday At Home and Abroad

  

  Another month has passed and at home our visiting garden wildlife has brought uplifting rays of sunshine in an otherwise bitterly cold and often dreary January. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Looking for a New Home

  

  Hello! Gentle Female Black Bird Much has happened over the last 6 months. We have been on the house hunting roller coaster, drawing ever increasing circles on... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Wildlife Trusts #30 Days Wild

  

  Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum nectaring on Phacelia tanacetifolia Meadow Buttercups – Hatfield Forest, Essex Male Ghost Moth – Hepialus humuli Ragged Robin... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – A Perfect Storm

  

  Inspired by Tammy’s Casa Mariposa blog, I have been trying for some time to compile a list of UK Garden Centres and Nurseries which sell plants without neonics ... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Chelsea – The Modern Slavery Garden

  

  Amongst the madness, beauty and razzmatazz of Chelsea this year, there was a garden with a powerful message. The Modern Slavery Garden, designed by Juliet... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Wild Cherry Blossom and Female Wood Ants

  

  Wild Cherry blossom (Prunus avium) and Wood Ants (Formica rufa) Maulden Woods, Bedfordshire Wood Ants produce formic acid, which can be sprayed at prey,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Wild Cherry Blossom and Female Wood Ants

  

  Wild Cherry blossom (Prunus avium) and Wood Ants (Formica rufa) Maulden Woods, Bedfordshire Wood Ants produce formic acid, which can be sprayed at prey,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – The Ducklings Brief Visit

  

  The Mother Duck who laid her eggs, under the elderly sage bush in our neighbours garden, went on to hatch 13 ducklings, one sadly died on the first day, 4 more... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Carpets of Bluebells with My Faithful Friend

  

  Archie our Labrador, enjoying Spring Bluebells National Trust Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire -Native Bluebells National Trust Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire –... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Sweetly Scented First Bluebells

  

  Native Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta Native Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta – nectar rich and visited by Bees, Butterflies and Hoverflies. Warren... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Sweetly Scented First Bluebells

  

  Native Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta Native Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta – nectar rich and visited by Bees, Butterflies and Hoverflies. Warren... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Early Spring Visitors

  

  A pair of wild ducks have been visiting from early March, the drake does not eat but protectively keeps guard over the female and watches her, my hopes were up... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Spring Blackthorn Blossom

  

  Native Hedgerow plant – Blackthorn Blossom – Prunus spinosa No pollinators = No Sloes for Sloe Gin. 109 species of insect are associated with Blackthorn ,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Salix Caprea and the Honeybee Mimic

  

  Salix caprea – (Goat willow, Pussy Willow) and Drone Fly Salix caprea – excellent early source of pollen and nectar for all pollinators. Drone Fly, only one pai... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – All Creatures Great and Small

  

  The first Wednesday of March, one day after the beginning of our meteorological Spring is suddenly here. February flew by in a blur. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Winter’s Headily Fragrant Sarcoccoca

  

  Sarcococca confusa – tiny white flowers packing a powerful scent, followed by black berries Tiny white flowers and last years red berries still remaining on... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Plant for Wildlife – Mahonia Aquifolium

  

  Mahonia aquifolium Nectar and Pollen maybe taken by Blackcaps, Bluetits and House Sparrow. Berries eaten by Blackbirds and Mistle Thrushes. Early flowering... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME