Guy Radford April 16th, 2011
I just bumped into a lime tree where the bark is semi prepared. The tree is dead and still standing. The bark has started to rot and all the fibres and becoming exposed. In just pealed of great length with my hands. What a great find.
Here is a photo from near by of a fallen Lime with suckers growing up.
Guy Radford April 2nd, 2011
Blackthorn is the first to flower when compared to hawthorn and hawthorn is the first to have leaves. So in the spring this is the easy way to tell them apart.
Guy Radford April 28th, 2010
A few days ago we noticed this clutch of pheasants eggs. The mother never seems to be there so I suppose they are all cold. Every few days another egg appears, I wonder when it will end?
Guy Radford March 29th, 2010
Today I spotted the first lamb of 2010, so spring is well and truly on its way.
First lamb of spring 2010
Guy Radford December 17th, 2009
The first snow has arrived and it is settling! It may be gone by the morning!
The snow lasted to morning!
Guy Radford December 16th, 2009
Went to bed with ice forming on the car and this morning delivered the first heavy frost of the year.
Guy Radford September 3rd, 2009
As I was driving around I notices the first leaves of autumn falling. I love to watch the trees change colour, the autumn berries ripen. The headgerows come alive with colour, red from the Rose hips ans the dark blue of the Sloes I have plans to make Sloe gin or vodka, watch this space…