Wildlife
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The Slugs are Coming!!!
But please don’t get out the slug pellets!! As they have such a detrimental effect on our wildlife, for example poisoning our now at risk hedgehogs!! Using wool in the garden can be an effective way to deter slugs. Here’s how you can utilise it: Besides deterring slugs, wool has the added benefits of retaining…
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Day tripping!!
We originally made a pledge to go out and learn something new about our local area or visit somewhere each month…. well we missed a few, time got away from us, jobs came up, regular chores took over…. and oh yes we had a beautiful new baby!! So we have made up for it recently…
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Apologies for the radio silence…..
We have been crazy busy round here…. At school we are getting an inspection… I’ve been boxing up loads of things at our house and we’ve hired a van and moved it to the farm… Little bear has started to walk…. Yay but oh help!!! I promise there is a podcast soon!!!! But here are…
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Can you see it?!
Can you? Ok I’ll zoom it in…. Harvest mouse?! Or ordinary critter?! What do you all think??
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Plant life in the field and woodland
We had a wander through the fields and woods to see what plant life had appeared the other weekend!! So….. We have bluebells, sorrell, red campion, more celandines, and……. Any helpers?!
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Back through the woods… The woodland part three
Once we had managed to make it down to the stream we had to climb all the way back up!!! However we found that the old coppice paths still were visible through the woodland and they, other than the occasional blockage allowed for us to clamber back up somewhat more easily!!! Well definitely more easily…
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Down to the stream…. The woodland part two
So…. We decided to clamber (ok for me slide down on my arse) down to the stream which is our boundary with the neighbours across the valley. Down and down we went….. Things got more mossy, damper, warmer, more ferns appeared on the ground…. Then the woodland opened up for the…
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The woodland part one!
James and I decided that the other weekend was a good time to start surveying the woodland. So we togged up and off we went with paper, books and camera in hand!!! We went into the woodland from the furthest corner of big field…. And we worked our way down through the woodland…
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Forest school
I have been really lucky recently and have been allowed to attend a forest schools leader training course!!! So much fun and it’s going to be amazing for my class to access and beyond in school!!! I am going to set up a forest schools area on the farm, as we have an established area…