Category: Nature
The natural world – flora & fauna.
Being a bit (okay, a lot) of a grown-up kid, I planted a load of sunflower seeds this summer. Actually, I planted some last year too, but I planted them straight into the garden and the slugs (and mice!) ate them all before they got established. This year I grew them for a few weeks …
In a throwback to WW2 and following Gordon's plea (and heavy taxes) to be green, we have begun the task of feeding the whole of Cumbria with our own vegetables...
A close up of one of the hedgehogs!
Little bundles of spines come visiting.
Black Darter Dragonfly While Laetitia and I were are Warton Quarry today I got a chance to get really close to and photograph this Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) dragonfly. π Well, I’m pretty sure it’s a Black Darter – I’m no dragonfly expert! π Correction; it’s a Common Darter, see comments below…
We've tackled everything in two mad days of full-on 'extreme gardening'. That is, getting it all done to minimise the number of climbing days used up.
It was our turn to pay back some of the sweat Dave had suffered digging the ground for our patio a couple of years ago; today we helped lift the turf where the new green house is due to rise from the ground next week. It was hard work, lifting the turf whilst keeping the …
