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butterfly bonanza
The Big Butterfly Count started on Friday. Organisers say it’s the world’s largest butterfly survey. This is another fantastic citizen science project, and taking part is easy: find a sunny spot and spend 15 minutes counting the butterflies you see … Continue reading
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foxy update
The allotment foxes look to be in good health this summer. This guy appears youthful and was just chilling up on F’s plot last week by her spectacular Mullein plants. He’s not our bare-tailed chap, who we’ve not seen about … Continue reading
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new neighbours at the plot
One evening as we were leaving we could hear rustling and snuffling down the path to the edge of the top of the stairs. We thought it might be a fox… Or rat? So we tip toed closer to the … Continue reading
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birds & berries
Tuesdays are busy days for us: we start with the volunteer woods group on Lismore Circus and do our usual trim and tidy. Happily we’ve recruited one more volunteer who came today – which was great as one of our … Continue reading
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biodiversity, bugs and a note on natives
Rah rah rah biodiversity. But let’s be clear. Biodiversity is bugs. Some bugs we love – bees, butterflies. Some less so – wasps, stinkbugs, lily beetles. But when you’re making conditions fabulous for the bugs you love, you’re inviting in … Continue reading
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a glut of garlic
Yesterday we got around to lifting the garlic from their growing bed – the very last area in the allotment that we can cultivate for summer crops. This shot shows the full harvest on-site, with flowering calendula growing on the … Continue reading
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triple duty day & meeting father frog
Tuesday was another hot dry day in London, with temperatures in the mid-twenties. We’ve been speculating about the temperatures inside our growing shed. Our allotment neighbour R has a thermometer in his shed and told us on Monday that temperatures inside … Continue reading
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salad days (but not like you’d think)
Inspired by the crispy, fresh tastiness of our garden grown red curly lettuces, which have provided us two delicious main meals in the past week, I decided to dedicate a little bit of time to ensuring we have a steady … Continue reading
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tapdancing tadpoles
And all of a sudden, the day, she came. And then the tadpoles had legs. Perfectly formed but infinitely tiny back legs. These ones will be toads or frogs – we hear that on newts it is the front legs … Continue reading
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meditations of a wild woods & allotment gardener: getting buggy
I’m in the dog house – behind on the big guy’s photographs. These are a few of the recent shots taken on the various plots. This one is a Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on Oregon’s plot, taken mid-week. Apparently the butterflies … Continue reading
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