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- Sun May 26, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: Life in the Meadow
- Topic: Snake in the grass (dump)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 84
Re: Snake in the grass (dump)
Great video, what a beauty. In awe of your wife who didn't even flinch when the snake suddenly panicked! Nerves of steel. I love snakes but can’t contain my natural instinct of fear when I'm that close to them.
- Sun May 26, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Can a chopped orchid regrow?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 196
Re: Can a chopped orchid regrow?
Yes I have heard the same thing about fungal networks and orchids from a friend who is a botanist. She is kind enough to help me identify flowers when I'm completely lost.. the last time it was a strange orchid type plant called a Twayblade. It flowered one year, and I search for it every year now, ...
- Sat May 25, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Can a chopped orchid regrow?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 196
Re: Can a chopped orchid regrow?
Very sorry to hear about deer eating these orchids Paul. But the very fact that these lovely orchids have appeared on your watch, is something to be proud of. I had no idea that orchids were so tasty to deer, cows etc so that’s interesting to learn. We have Spotted heath orchids here and they surviv...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: making a wildflower lawn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1765
Re: making a wildflower lawn
I like the sound of this idea Melanie and it's interesting to hear that it seems to be working well. My meadows run I to the garden and so there is a slight crossover...and I find that every year the veg beds are full of wildflowers which have self seeded. I can't bring myself to chuck them on the c...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:03 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Flower and plant identification
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14239
Flower and plant identification
This book I find very useful for identifying wild flowers. It has good, clear photos inside. It's too large to be used as a field guide, but then I find most field guides too small to be of much use anyhow. It's by Rae Spencer-Jones and Sarah Cuttle, and published by Kyle Cathie ltd, in association ...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Moth ID book
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12151
Moth ID book
I find this book helpful for moth identification.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: Identify This
- Topic: Caterpillar identification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5373
Re: Caterpillar identification
Thankyou very much for the identification...I would never have guessed it was a sawfly larvae, so I've really learnt something new! Like you Alice, I was thinking that colours are sometimes a good clue to the puzzle, and was wondering if it was a hummingbird hawk moth caterpillar...but my ( admitted...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:37 pm
- Forum: Identify This
- Topic: Caterpillar identification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5373
Caterpillar identification
Does anyone know what this caterpillar may be? I found it yesterday ( 8Oct) on the ground. It was underneath hazel, silver birch and oak trees, next to a meadow. The meadow is very rich in all kinds of wildflowers and grasses, so probably no point trying to list them all. It is a 'medium sized cater...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:20 pm
- Forum: Life in the Meadow
- Topic: The meadows are springing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3694
Re: The meadows are springing
A sudden downpour has broken the dry spell here....hope you have had the same. There's nothing sadder to see than a parched meadow with flowers wilting in June. Who would have imagined that one of the wettest places on the planet could change so quickly. The rain was torrential, but the meadow does ...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: Field Scale Meadow Restoration and Creation
- Topic: Seed Bank
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3581
Re: Seed Bank
IMG_20220320_140441983.jpg Thanks for the report on Devils Bit Scabious, and, like you, I feel like, (even though I love science), I may not be designed to process all of it! And have my doubts as to my ability to correctly interpret these kinds of studies. I came away from it thinking that DBScabi...