Just before I opened my email from the Royal Agricultural Society, this is the post I meant to write. The last post was merely a Jacobin rant, this one is about nature. It’s better for me than politics.
A model of me in the garden
There’s not much to say as it’s late and the pictures can do the talking.
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
The pop-bottle poppies are still looking good after two years – Julia was going to take them down last year but everyone asked for them to stay up.
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
This is the “hedge” between the Mencap plot and the school plot. It’s willow clippings with ivy planted to grow through it.
Frost on bamboo
Fungus lining the path
Fungus close-up
Brick path
Oak leaves and frost
And finally – some birds. There would have been more but a sparrowhawk swooped by and scared them all away.
Great tits on feeder – Nottingham