August flowers
August is a funny old month. All the splendour of June and July has overreached itself a bit and, in …
Tag Archives: wildflowers
This week in the garden: Going to sow a meadow
This is my little meadow area at the top of the terraces. It doesn’t look very inspiring at the moment …
Of seed bombs and mushrooms
I got a lovely little parcel in the post the other day. I do love a good seed swap. This …
A walk on the wild side: Primrose
‘Do not, as some ungracious pastors do Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, while, like a puff’d …
When is a meadow not a meadow?
Not a meadow Does it matter what we call things? This was the question posed by Miles King, well-respected Conservation …
A walk on the wild side: Gorse
Ulex europaeus catching my eye in the morning sunlight ‘It’s just the sort of place,’ he explained, ‘for an Ambush.’ …
October flowers
Well I seem to be late for everything this month. And so it is with the unmissable Garden Bloggers’ Bloom …
Wild at heart
I came back from a recent weekend hiking over the chalk downlands of Oxfordshire aching rather more than expected in …
Sally Nex 