Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 05/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 17,460  Location: Chichester 12m. asl
|
Bumblebee visiting the winter flowering honeysuckle today before the rain started |
"The sky was an exquisitely deep blue just then, with filmy white clouds drawn up over it like gauze" |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
|
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 05/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 17,460  Location: Chichester 12m. asl
|
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons  Buff-tailed, I reckon |
"The sky was an exquisitely deep blue just then, with filmy white clouds drawn up over it like gauze" |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 14/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 30,151  Location: Peasedown St John. N.E. Sommerset
|
WEATHER LORE CALENDAR If bees get out in February, the next day will be windy and rainy. |
Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
|
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 14/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 30,151  Location: Peasedown St John. N.E. Sommerset
|
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons  Who said that, Art? Not heard it as a saying, though it is certainly true-ish, as I explained. Roger Weather Lore Calendar Old Farmers Almanac. |
Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 02/07/2006(UTC) Posts: 6,318 Location: Thorner, West Yorkshire 112m asl
|
Mowed my lawn for the first time this year and very satisfying it was too. Looking forward to getting out a lot more and preparing for Spring |
Thorner, West Yorkshire
Journalism is organised gossip
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 15/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 40  Location: Crowborough, East Sussex
|
Originally Posted by: speckledjim  Mowed my lawn for the first time this year and very satisfying it was too. Looking forward to getting out a lot more and preparing for Spring Theres something very chathartic about picking up all that winter crud and detritus into the mower box and looking out onto a 'clean' lawn in the spring. All eyes on the models at the minute as we enter march. I'm hoping a reliable stint of mild weather emerges so i can germinate and plant out some of the more 'sensitive' species by the months end (although its starting to look potentially cold in the FI timeframe). Hopefully by the middle of the month the outlook improves and can move on to something a bit more conducive to gardening - I don't think I could take another April like 2021! |
Matt. |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
Originally Posted by: MRazzell  Theres something very chathartic about picking up all that winter crud and detritus into the mower box and looking out onto a 'clean' lawn in the spring. All eyes on the models at the minute as we enter march. I'm hoping a reliable stint of mild weather emerges so i can germinate and plant out some of the more 'sensitive' species by the months end (although its starting to look potentially cold in the FI timeframe). Hopefully by the middle of the month the outlook improves and can move on to something a bit more conducive to gardening - I don't think I could take another April like 2021! Had the mower serviced last week and today mowed the lawn on bridge sunshine! Call me Mr Smug! Not too greedy a cut, just a tidying up so it's ready to grow. The planned wild area I am leaving a bit to see if it need a light trim to make management easier long-term. It was a great success last year. Lots of native species. We are pleased to see Cudweed on the list again this year. Roger  |
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 10/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 32,608  Location: Hertfordshire
|
Good article worth reading, about ornithologist research at Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire. I couldn't believe how many caterpillars are brought to a nest of tits with an average number of nestlings ...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61314226 |
"Life with the Lions" TWO Moderator |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
|
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 05/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,817  Location: South Dorset
|
Right I'm off for the day. It'll be be one of those days that when I return the garden will seem to have junglified in a few hours. I wonder whether this is the start of a weather pattern change from dry to wet? If it is I'll be no doubt moaning in a few weeks about wouldn't it be nice to have some dry settled weather.
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
|
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 12/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 51,376 
|
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons  An excellent piece about managing your lawn for wildlife. How to make your lawn wildlife friendly all year round – tips from an ecologist https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-your-lawn-wildlife-friendly-all-year-round-tips-from-an-ecologist-183692 Roger Very interesting - but I will have to battle against my learned expectations of how a lawn and garden should look. Fortunately, as discussed before, we have several lawned areas. The main one seems particularly keen to become a haven for wild plants. |
Location: South Cambridgeshire 130 metres ASL 52.0N 0.1E
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 02/07/2006(UTC) Posts: 6,318 Location: Thorner, West Yorkshire 112m asl
|
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons  An excellent piece about managing your lawn for wildlife.
How to make your lawn wildlife friendly all year round – tips from an ecologist https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-your-lawn-wildlife-friendly-all-year-round-tips-from-an-ecologist-183692
Roger I like my lawned areas so I’m not prepared to turn them over to nature, however, I do have 2 wild areas where wild flowers grow. One is full of foxgloves and nettles and the other has various wild flower varieties that I seeded a few years back and now just let it do it’s own thing. The rest of the garden has some order to it but I always try and ensure that the flowers that grow are attractive to bees and insects. |
Thorner, West Yorkshire
Journalism is organised gossip
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 14/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 30,151  Location: Peasedown St John. N.E. Sommerset
|
TWO tomato plants outdoors. One with buds and the bush tomato has flowers. All my potted bulbs need drying off. |
Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White  Very interesting - but I will have to battle against my learned expectations of how a lawn and garden should look. Fortunately, as discussed before, we have several lawned areas. The main one seems particularly keen to become a haven for wild plants. I treat the lawn in two ways. The first part and most public I mow regularly but on a fairly high setting to there is depth to the sward that allows variety of species to flourish. The other is in its 2nd year on "No Mow May" and is looking promising, with several species progressing including Yellow Rattle and Cowslips. Lots of insects. When I finally strim this I will remove the "Hay" after seed has dropped and leave the aftermath a manageable length for future mowing. Off to Wednesday exercise class now.... Roger |
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 14/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 30,151  Location: Peasedown St John. N.E. Sommerset
|
A good leek in June sets all in tune. Weather Lore Calendar. |
Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 20/11/2015(UTC) Posts: 6,805 Location: Central Southern England
|
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons  I treat the lawn in two ways. The first part and most public I mow regularly but on a fairly high setting to there is depth to the sward that allows variety of species to flourish. The other is in its 2nd year on "No Mow May" and is looking promising, with several species progressing including Yellow Rattle and Cowslips. Lots of insects. When I finally strim this I will remove the "Hay" after seed has dropped and leave the aftermath a manageable length for future mowing. Off to Wednesday exercise class now.... Roger Sounds like a good plan Roger- and this May the growing was optimal locally. Garden looks, smells and sounds great right now and I've just harvested the first crop of broad beans, garlic and (admittedly smallish) early potatoes for a tapas dish for tomorrow. Happy we have water measurers in the north pond again. You will already know of course about yellow rattle's unique 'relationship' with grass: can be useful, depending on plans! |
Bertie, Itchen Valley. August 2020: best heatwave since '95 |
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 23/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 8,987  Location: Lincolnshire
|
|
RogerP West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask. William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830 |
|
|
|
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.