Tendrils: 170519
Hello! Welcome to Tendrils. We’ve had some proper rain here at last. The wild strawberries are flowering and beginning to fruit in the fruit garden, which is starting to look very lush. There’s some clover competing with the wild strawberries for ground cover space;...
Tendrils: 170513
Hello! Welcome to Tendrils. Yesterday I learned that the winged fruit of Acer species are called samaras. These lovely pink ones adorn a tree close to my house. I’m not sure of the species; it’s an odd area that used to be housing and now is semi-wild, but I think...
Tendrils: 170505
Hello and welcome to Tendrils! This week I’ve spotted finches feeding on these groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) weed seedheads, just outside the garden, and it’s nice to know they eat something other than birdseed. It’s Naked Gardening Day tomorrow, but rest assured,...
Tendrils: 170429
Hello! Welcome to Tendrils 🙂 It has been a week of exciting weather here in the UK, with cold nights (including frosts in some places) and April showers that came down in solid format. The picture above was of hail damage to squash leaves in May 2015; so far this year...
Tendrils: 170422
Hello and welcome to an Earth Day 2017 edition of Tendrils! The Earth Day theme this year is Environmental & Climate Literacy, which I will once more explore through the medium of plants and gardening 😉 We’ll begin in the soil, with the (unsurprising) revelation...About Me
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