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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Having a rest this year?
Normally, the apple tree at the back of the garden is full of blossom before the leaves appear. Not this year! The leaves have started to unfurl but there isn’t one flower on the tree. The crab apple, on the … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden, Gardening
Tagged apple blossom, Orleans Reinette, pheromone traps
12 Comments
The pink bluebell
One of the ladies in my Knit and Natter group sent a photo of the bluebells in some nearby woods, which, unlike the woods we discovered last weekend, I was already aware of. I hadn’t however realised they had bluebells! … Continue reading
Taking a bath
I finally managed to find my phone in time to make a video of a pigeon having a bath in the pond. Unfortunately, I can’t get it to work in a blog post, so here is a picture of two … Continue reading
Posted in edible weeds, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged blackbirds, nettles, pigeons, sparrows
18 Comments
My apple trees are safe
Just after lockdown, I realised I hadn’t got round to buying any refills for the pheromone trap. Damn! Last year, they were excellent at stopping the codling moth, with very few apples being affected. I’m not sure that the situation … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden, Gardening, Social
Tagged apple trees, codling moth, online shopping
2 Comments
The missing woodland
Last spring, my daughter and I tried to find some woodland on the other side of our village. We thought we’d found it but I was a little disappointed by its apparent size. Moving forward to this weekend, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Days out, trees
Tagged forest bathing, maintaining mental and physical health, woodland, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
6 Comments
Whose food is it? – Looking for a forever food system
I don’t often reblog but I think this post is important. We need to rethink the food supply for our longterm security. Steven Jacobs reflects on the inflexibility of our food system and says it’s time to make a difference … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
8 Comments
The smallest visitor yet
Almost every time I look out into the back garden, I see a feathered visitor. They fill me with such joy, as I watch them by the pond, grazing their way through the undergrowth or simply sitting in the fence. … Continue reading
Posted in Pond and bog garden, Wildlife
Tagged dunnock, oxygenating plants, pond weed, sparrows
30 Comments
Eight years
Today, I received an email from WordPress, congratulating me on blogging with them for eight years. Goodness, these eight years have passed quickly and WordPress has become such a fixture in my life, I really can’t imagine not blogging now. … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Good for the environment, soil management
Tagged Green Johanna, Hodmedod, wordpress
6 Comments
Oh, I’ve got a yellow one!
I got some tulips on the January sale, which I knew might not go with the purple theme in the front garden. But pink isn’t exactly a clash is it? What I hadn’t expected was a yellow tulip. However, one … Continue reading
More than we need
So far, I’ve been remembering to water the plant pots in the propagator, which I set up on Palm Sunday. That doesn’t mean I was looking at it every day, so I was a little surprised when I did so … Continue reading