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Hay meadows at Beetor Farm.jpg 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐲, 𝐧𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄, 𝟏𝟏-𝟑𝐩𝐦 Come visit my wildflower meadows! There are lots to wander through, including County Wildlife Site designated haymeadows and pasture, as well as magical riverside woodland....

It's unfortunate, but if you have deer they are always going to eat a meadow's tastiest delicacies. Save from fencing (difficult), shooing them away (at unsociable hours) or shooting them (extreme measures), there's not much you can do other than trust that if you're managing your meadow well that e...

Posting on behalf of Grace Twiston-Davies , the latest in her UnFamiliar Wildflowers podcasts - Little Lion Man. https://unfamiliarwildflowers.buzzsprout.com/2076357/12890437-ep-3-little-lion-man "This month its No Mow May which means we are celebrating weeds and the 'Marmite' of wildflowers wh...

It's a southern marsh orchid.

Not an expert, but to me it looks more like common sorrel. Apparently it is slightly toxic, but is freely eaten by grazing animals in the normal quantities found in meadows. There is no need to control it. It's a beautiful meadow plant - I love it for its colour, as well as the structure it adds to ...

50 acres of cliff top grassland, Tintagel, Cornwall. Would make a great National Trust purchase/large scale meadow restoration project.

https://assets.reapit.net/kvl/live/pdf. ... 230030&t=S

26 acres of rough grassland and scrub/natural regeneration, Knowstone, South Molton - looks like great habitat.

https://www.vebra.com/details/property/32317121

Hilary, I beg your pardon - you're quite correct. In my excitement looking it up I got two trapezoid-shaped fields mixed up. They're actually 800m apart. Still could be a good site though. Thanks.

7.5 acre meadow, Quoditch, Holsworthy, Devon £77,000 by auction Description states: "The land has been used in the past to create a wildflower rich meadow that supports a wide range of flowering plants and pollinating bees in the summer months but in recent years hasn't been so intensively mana...

Alice - you are faced with squaring two of the most fundamental questions that every meadow owner has decide on - what you want your meadow to be and how can the meadow be managed? Obviously it would best to keep the ant hills, but mowing solves the management problem. When you say he'd roll the cen...