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 Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3221
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Jul 15, 25 5:18 am Subject: Wildlife |
| The dry weather seems to have activated the badgers to dig out bumble bee nests. Found one a couple of weeks ago and another one today in our 'yard'. A few bumbles still being confused round the nest ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3221
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jul 12, 25 8:37 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Husband and son saw what they thought was a large white admiral butterfly in our 'yard' yesterday. I looked it up because I thought they were the same size as red admirals, which they are. Found pictu ... |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 87
Views: 60371
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jul 12, 25 8:31 am Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| There are some little round holes in the leaves of my cabbages. Don't think it is slugs, and although the white butterflies have turned up in the garden now, couldn't see any caterpillars or eggs. Mus ... |
| Topic: blackberries |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 64
Views: 499325
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:52 am Subject: blackberries |
| I think you have been having the rain we lack. Luckily we have had some rain this summer after a very wet winter and spring, so things aren't growing too badly. I actually have some summer cabbage hea ... |
| Topic: green washers |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 6
Views: 674
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:50 am Subject: green washers |
| Man has been utilising most of the British Isles for thousands of years. We can see in the woods the various stages of development. There are obviously planted or more probably seeded oak trees, beech ... |
| Topic: blackberries |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 64
Views: 499325
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:45 am Subject: blackberries |
| Managed to forage some wild and wild crossed with cultivated raspberries from the woods, got some blackberries from the garden and added some chopped nectarines (bought). Went well with cream. |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 87
Views: 60371
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:43 am Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| Our blackberries are starting to ripen. Not many at the moment, but enough mixed with other fruit for afters. |
| Topic: Moving House |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 10
Views: 1506
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Wed Jul 09, 25 7:25 am Subject: Moving House |
| No reason why housing associations etc. shouldn't do the necessary work; they just don't seem to very often. Husband was brought up in a council house, and the council did things like install central ... |
| Topic: green washers |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 6
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jul 09, 25 7:21 am Subject: green washers |
| Agree about seeds thriving in the right place. We do mainly natural regeneration in the wood and those that survive are likely to do well. The ones that don't are in the wrong place/get eaten or get o ... |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 87
Views: 60371
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jul 09, 25 7:16 am Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| Looks good Florence. |
| Topic: Moving House |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 10
Views: 1506
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Jul 07, 25 6:22 am Subject: Moving House |
| When we moved into our present house we got a lot of bills for the previous owner. He was a rather unsuccessful 'businessman', who seemed to get himself into all sorts of messes. Fortunately it was no ... |
| Topic: green washers |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 6
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Jul 07, 25 6:18 am Subject: green washers |
| Planting on an embankment isn't going to work without ongoing care I wouldn't have thought. Planting in a cutting is going to be tricky, as the soil is going to be subsoil or even rock. In our area I ... |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 87
Views: 60371
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jul 05, 25 7:47 am Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| We have been very dry and hot this last week. Hoping for rain today; perhaps overnight Saturday to Sunday as there are a lot of things going on today. We have an event at one of the farm shops we supp ... |
| Topic: Moving House |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 10
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Thu Jul 03, 25 3:45 pm Subject: Moving House |
| Afraid some people don't seem to think. When son and DIL lived in a flat, one tenant in a rented flat moved out and just dumped so much in the bins. We put some for recycle and also aquired a set of k ... |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 87
Views: 60371
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Jul 03, 25 3:41 pm Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| That looks good Dpack. The new gate looks lovely and really sets off the growing things. Please can we have a picture of the mouse castle some time. |
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