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Life in the English Cotswolds: February 2015
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Monday, 23 February 2015. Some people make a lasting impression on you and in. The case of Great-aunt Ba-ba it was just as well for I only met her once as a child when she was very elderly. Someone of twenty seems ancient to a youngster, as for being ninety, I just couldn’t get over anyone being that old or that much fun. Photo take by me about 1965, which means she would have been born around 1875.
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Life in the English Cotswolds: August 2015
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Monday, 24 August 2015. A Host of Golden Daffodils. If you want to see, as Wordsworth did, a. 8216;host of golden daffodils…. Beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze,’. Daffodils (Narcissus) are incredibly easy to grow for. A general rule is to plant any bulb twice the. Because daffodils flower early in the year, before. Narcissus ‘Salome’. There is almost too much...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: October 2014
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Friday, 24 October 2014. The Story of Lorna Doone - just a myth? Is the tale of a young boy, John Ridd, whose. Father is killed by Scottish outlaws – the Doones. Exiled to a remote part of Exmoor (which is in England’s West Country and now a National Park), they rob travellers and local farms. Living amongst them is the pretty Lorna Doone, kidnapped by them as an infant. But is it true? However th...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: August 2014
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Monday, 18 August 2014. Ask those that know Exmoor – England’s smallest. National Park – to conjure up just one image of it and you would get a number of different answers. For some it is the wild ponies, others the rushing streams but mostly the answer would be the sea or the moorland. On Exmoor you are never very far from either. At this time of year the moors are. Is a rich crimson-purple in fl...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: Ragwort - a curse or a blessing?
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Monday, 20 July 2015. Ragwort - a curse or a blessing? There is a general consensus that. There is no doubt that in places ragwort is. An obligate parasitic plant that cannot complete its life cycle without it (although it is also parasitic on some other plant species too). Plantlife, the conservation charity. Have produced a ‘position statement’ on ragwort control which – in my ...Disturbed soil ...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: A Quiche or a Quad Bike? (the quiche won)
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Saturday, 1 August 2015. A Quiche or a Quad Bike? Harley Equestrian’s Lifestyle Shop can. The way to a man’s heart is. Although it’s a bit of a. Trek from the Cotswolds I shall certainly be visiting again if only for Christmas gift ideas. Somehow ‘though, I feel that I’ll be back a lot sooner – probably on a Friday night. Harley Equestrian Country Lifestyle, Woodford Halse. Occasionally I use imag...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: September 2014
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Thursday, 25 September 2014. Of all trees few can be held in as much contempt as. Our native elder,. It grows almost anywhere and in such profusion that it is dismissed as a ‘weed’ and it is true that its habit of self-sowing and growing through treasured garden plants can be a nuisance. Despite all of this, however, it is also one of the most useful of plants both in the wild and the shrub border.
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Life in the English Cotswolds: A Walk Across Dartmoor - part 2
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Tuesday, 31 March 2015. A Walk Across Dartmoor - part 2. A riverside path heading north from the village of. Postbridge, famed for its ancient clapper bridge, leads into the heart of the moor. The bridge dates back at least to the fourteenth century and some of the slabs weigh over eight tons. The ‘modern’ bridge in the background was built as recently as 1780. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Life in the English Cotswolds: A Walk Across Dartmoor - part 1
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Saturday, 21 March 2015. A Walk Across Dartmoor - part 1. All the best walks start and end at a pub. Two miles to the south-west of the inn is. Spring comes late to this harsh environment: the. Few trees grow slowly and stunted. When the moor flowers many different species of butterflies can be seen. Stunted and sheep grazed hawthorn. Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Butterfly. By John Shortland (o...
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Life in the English Cotswolds: June 2015
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Life in the English Cotswolds. WRITER, GARDENER, COUNTRYMAN, EXPLORER - the last's a bit of an exaggeration. Monday, 15 June 2015. Rosa de Rescht, Lost in History. Everything about this little grown rose is a conundrum. Even its. Name is spelt in different ways as it is sometimes listed as De Resht and categorised as a Portland rose and sometimes as a Damask. Wherever it is found in a catalogue one factor that is consistently agreed upon is its scent which is exquisite. Makes it ideal for use as a small ...
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