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Tag: Old Man’s Beard

Wordless Wednesday

November 9, 20162 Comments

Snowberry (Symphoricarpus) in front of a blanket of old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba)

Wordless Wednesday

September 7, 20162 Comments

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Wild Clematis seedhead – Clematis vitalba

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My Favourite Blogs

Nature Notes

Nature Notes July 25, 2020
An Old Man of the Woods, and a Hare at Foot. Over the ridgeline of the barn roof, there is a confetti-cannon burst of house martins, that twinkle against a stormy, swallow-back, woodpigeon sky before dispersing like the Red Arrows. My neighbour’s birds have fledged. The horses have a new field to graze, and as … Continue reading Nature Notes
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Landlines: Nature Writing

The War and Margiad Evans – by Jim Pratt August 3, 2020
We are thrilled to publish on the Land Lines Blog today an essay by Jim Pratt, the nephew of Welsh borders novelist and nature writer Margiad Evans. The essay is focused on Margiad’s war-time correspondence with her brother Roger, who was imprisoned in a series of Prisoner of War camps in Germany and Poland, andContinue reading "The War and Margiad Evan […]
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The Unconventional Gardener

In refugee camps as well as lockdown, gardening helps pass time in limbo July 31, 2020
The tendency to garden in refugee camps is so ubiquitous that the UN has implemented a training programme in hydroponics, which has already educated over 600 people.
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Gardens, Weeds and Words

The Gardens, weeds & words podcast, Series 2 Episode 11 August 1, 2020
I’m joined on this episode by the powerhouse of the garden design world that is Ann-Marie Powell, who tells me how her gardens abide by the mantra Plants, People, Place, while I ponder over matters of gratitude, privilege and responsibility, and how they manifest in my own gardening practice.
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Mark’s Veg Plot

More little harvests July 25, 2020
My garden is "trundling along" as is normal for this time of year. There are few major tasks to be done, so my job is just to keep things tidy and continue to pick stuff as it ripens.This week I pulled a nice batch of Beetroot, consisting of three "Crosby's Egyptian" and one "Boltardy". The "Crosby's Egyptian […]
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