Tag Archives: wildflower glades
Summer Rolls On…
Oh no!! It rained on St. Swithin’s Day (15th July) – According to the old saying, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day it will rain for the next 40 days. If St. Swithin’s Day is dry, the next 40 … Continue reading
We Have A New Toy…
It’s something that is tremendously exciting and tells us if the birds are happy, sort of. It’s an app on my phone that cleverly recognises birdsong and tells us what we have. This is super-important because we can kind of … Continue reading
Year Of The Dragon
This week we celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) and this time around it’s symbolised by the dragon. In the Chinese culture, the dragon represents good luck, strength, health and also the male element Yang. The … Continue reading
Hungry Like The Wolf
It’s that time of the month when we have a full moon. This one is called the Wolf Moon for some reason that I will delve into in a second. I don’t think that we have wolves here in the … Continue reading
Mick’s Sunset Bench
Some knew him as Mick, some as Mike and some as Michael. I think he started with us as Michael but made us change it to Mick later on, so I’m sticking with Mick, if that’s OK with everyone else. … Continue reading
World Famous, You Say?
People are asking, with a raised eyebrow, why our round picnic benches and mugs are “world-famous” as mentioned in last week’s blog. Well, in my geeky little world of facts and figures, the blog stats tell me that no less … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Halves
Whilst we were back at the Potford Dam end, with delightful views over Lawford Heath, I was reminded of the day that David, the Ecologist from Sustrans came to help. He brought cookies and Lady’s Bedstraw seeds, and we brought … Continue reading
We Have New Mugs…
I decided that we needed something new to drink our coffee out of. What better way to introduce our branded enamel mugs… I love ’em. Everybody loves ’em. And these bad-boys are not for sale in our shop… yet!! Let … Continue reading
Itching to get going this year!!
We are getting close to the fun bit of the year. That time of the year where we can start clearing out the wildflower glades, cutting back, and generally putting in the work for next year. I have a rough … Continue reading
