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Happy Celandine Day. This day goes back to 1795 an

Happy Celandine Day. This day goes back to 1795 and the work of naturalist Gilbert White who recorded that 21 February was the day he would first see the Celandine flowers. Now thanks to climate change we see them much earlier. Despite the chill and snow, celandines have been flowering under our oaks for the last few weeks

Goosegrass pops up everywhere at the moment, here

Goosegrass pops up everywhere at the moment, here on top of a wall. Just as well as I'm harvesting as much as possible for my locked up geese - they love it.
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#goosegrass #avianflu #weed

A row of poplars looking quite architectural again

A row of poplars looking quite architectural against a blue sky, always look good at this time of year

Record keeping ... Our #allotments are certified #

Record keeping ... Our #allotments are certified #organic with the @soilassociation so all the allotmenteers have to use organic seed ( or get derogation for nonorganic vars), and keep records of rotations, composts used etc. These are planning plans, diaries and seed packets for the annual inspection

Yesterday saw the last of the frosty mornings, bee

Yesterday saw the last of the frosty mornings, been raining ever since! This clump of chard was one of the few that has survived the attention of the rabbits

Seasonal veg, plenty of brassicas in the bed to ke

Seasonal veg, plenty of brassicas in the bed to keep us going so long as I get there before the little curries that like to gnaw on them!

Not long now.... Rhubarb!! so long as it doesn't g

Not long now.... Rhubarb!! so long as it doesn't get buried in snow!
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#rhubarb #kitchengarden #organicgardening #organicgarden #vegetablegarden #rhubarbseason #growyourownfood #GYO #growingfood #healthygarden #somersetgardens

Collecting handfuls of goosegrass ( aka cleavers,

Collecting handfuls of goosegrass ( aka cleavers, sticky grass, galium aparine) for my 'locked down' geese - which they love - full of nutrients and natural wormer.
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#geese #avianflu #stickywilly, #cleavers #goosegrass #wormer

Looks like a long-tailed furry has been raiding it

Looks like a long-tailed furry has been raiding it's winter stash of my walnuts. Thanks to its autumn activity I didn't get any walnuts, but I have quite a few walnut seedlings from previous years stashes
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#walnut #walnutshell #squirrel #nut #tree

Another weird fungus, this time a cup fungus calle

Another weird fungus, this time a cup fungus called peziza which I found growing over the surface of some straw-based mulch. They are fragile and come and go but show there is plenty of fungal life in the soil
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#fungi #peziza #fungiofinstagram #fungus #decomposition #soilhealth #soillife #organicgardening #organicgardener #organicgarden #soil #weirdfungi

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