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We originally made a pledge to go out and learn something new about our local area or visit somewhere each month….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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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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Wildlife in the banks
I found a few lovely specimens of plant-life nestled in the banks of our hedgerows and borders on the May bank holiday!!! Any help identifying the unnamed hoots would be greatly appreciated!! I appear to have left the book on my newly made shelving unit in the hovel!!! Borage? Bluebells Red campion? More bluebells and…..…
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The Woodland
The best place currently to get into the woodland is the top corner of Big Field. As we went into the woodland the floor was a carpet of Wood Anemones and Celandine. It was beautiful. We also found a few RedCampion flowers. To the left on entering the woodland the fencing/boundary needs to be sorted…
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Tentative First Steps!
We arrived at the Smallholding/Farm (I shall be using these terms probably fairly interchangeably!) to collect the keys and complete a few bits and pieces with the previous Owner. We were introduced to the workings of the oil fired Rayburn… We were also shown how to precariously dip the oil tank to check levels, thankfully…