Tag: Wild Teasel (Dipsacus Fullonum)

Walking the policies

The first walk of the policies since we got back from our holiday. The Ivytree Field is starting to look really good now and it won’t be too long before the grass is ready for its silage cut….


Walking the Policies

Stuff is really starting to grow at Stonewalls now. We have this Blue thing up in the Meadow Field. Teasels in the Paddock. Lots of Greater Stitchwort in the Pipe and Ivytree Fields. …and the first sighting of Red Clover in the Ivytree Field. We are not sure if it’s our imagination, but we seem to have many more English Bluebells this year. They are dotted all over the place.


Country Life: June

Having moaned about the lack of birds at the bird table throughout  last month, they are back with a vengeance. I can only presume that as most of them would still have been nesting, they were passing up food on the table for something a little more alive!  While most of the fat balls are being eaten by the Magpies, the food of choice seems to be the crushed seed. Pretty much everything we…