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Tag Archives: wildflower meadow
And finally…
….it’s starting to come good. We have reds, blues, pinks, yellows, whites, and purples in our mini-meadow, and a fantastic backdrop in the distance. All this colour will be the annuals in the seed-mix with the perennials taking over in … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, community, corn chamomile, cornflower, creating a wildflower meadow, cycling, field poppy, hedge woundwort, nature, nipplewort, oxeye daisy, photography, Railway path, rambling, rosebay willowherb, running, self-heal, tufted vetch, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife
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Volunteers’ Week 2019
Yeah, would you believe it, Volunteers’ Week happens every year and everyone is supposed to thank volunteers for their efforts this week. Marcus, Aaron and myself got loads of thanks this week, as we do every week, so we were … Continue reading
Weekender
Great turn-out for our weekend workday. Tom, Victoria, Tim, Marcus, Aaron and Paul made it to the steps down to the reservoir and we cracked on with replacing the steps that had come loose – which was most of them, … Continue reading
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Tagged bats, birds, biscuits, bug-life, butterflies, coffee, community, countryside, cycling, excercise, outdoor life, photography, Picnic, running, walking, wildflower meadow, wildlife, working together
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Tingling Fingers
Tingling Fingers – sounds like a real ale brewed at a Warwickshire micro-brewery. Sadly, the nearest any of us lot got to alcohol was the anti-bac hand-wash in the first-aid kit. The coffee came a close second-place though, for Marcus, … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuits, coffee, nature, nettles, orange-tip butterfly, photography, white deadnettle, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife
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Lots to do and running out of time
Marcus and myself today. Just to recap, we want a bird-feeder clearing with a mini-wildflower meadow. We have this and just need to let the meadow grow. We want a clearing focussed on bees and other pollinators. We also want … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, Dunsmore Heath, Lady's Bedstraw, nature, photography, view, wildflower meadow, wildflowers
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Mini Wildflower Meadow
Today I got there on time!! A miracle, some might say.. lol I thought it might be worth adding the back story to what we are doing. I ran the idea of removing scrub and replacing it with a wildflower … Continue reading
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Wildflower Meadow Creation
Day two of our wildflower meadow work and we got another 12 mtr by 4 mtr block cleared. Marcus did most of the clearing work and Mick started digging up bramble roots. Looking up and down from the picnic … Continue reading
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Wildflower Meadow Creation
Marcus and myself made it today and we started to create our wildflower meadow. We have allowed our ideas to morph a little bit and are now creating this meadow around the communal bench in the bird-feeder area. It is … Continue reading
Nicely dodged the thunderstorms
Our workday was nicely wedged between two thunderstorms, and you could feel the heavy air as we worked, boy was it humid. Four wildlife warriors made it today. Mick W, Arron, Mick D and myself. Our first job was to … Continue reading
Workday and a bit of a plan.
We had a training session last Saturday with Sustrans. I updated the facebook page and will just pull that update onto here because it forms the main thrust of our winter work schedule. “Sow new seeds on the banks where … Continue reading
