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Post by Joyce on Apr 30, 2021 11:59:35 GMT
What a lovely lot of interesting photos
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Post by 4wd on May 5, 2021 15:44:39 GMT
5th May at 4pm - above Rosedale 1200ft roughly
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Post by rgsp on May 17, 2021 11:13:41 GMT
We don't yet have any "seas" of bluebells, but there are a few puddles. Cowslips amongst grass don't show up at all well in a photograph, and anyway they're mostly a bit OTT. However, there are still a few nice late globular heads. Wood anemone leaves with one somewhat out of focus flower stem with seeds still attached. A seed head against my hand for scale. I checked, and it had disappeared by this morning.
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Post by 4wd on May 17, 2021 11:39:45 GMT
Probably 'Spanish' bluebells or are there other kinds with that more erect habit? They are late here but the first flowers are just opening, well up to half on a stem are there but a good week off best show.
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Post by rgsp on May 17, 2021 14:26:09 GMT
We have both Spanish and English varieties of bluebell, which came in mixed lots donated to us by various friends and neighbours. The English type make smaller plants than the Spanish ones, but seem to make-up more readily than the Spanish ones under our conditions. We've decided not to be purists about allowing the Spanish types, and just enjoy them. In fact they don't seem to produce hybrids at all readily.
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Post by 4wd on May 25, 2021 14:57:19 GMT
Byland Abbey on the way home from Thirsk (slight detour ...) My Dad always said - every single time we went past - "It'll be nice when they get the roof on" When he and my Mum met in the 50s they both lived at nearby Wass.
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Post by 4wd on May 28, 2021 12:21:49 GMT
Bluebells this morning quick edit of a few clips
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Post by 4wd on Jun 4, 2021 10:10:52 GMT
Some garden pics just now. Dames Violet ( iThink...) These little Violas were a good buy back in March they have flowered their hearts out despite blizzards frosts and some rabbit nibbling. An interesting evolution ongoing in our bluebell patch. Originally there were lots of Pink ones and a couple of clumps of White. Some 15 years ago a few blue ones were spotted but now th eblues are close to 50% of them. Whites are much the same but odd white ones have appeared in new places. Blue wild ones can be found less than 100 yards away but have seeds luckily arrived here among the others, or is it pollen - I suspect the latter since the pink ones are fertile and move themselves about by degrees.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 8, 2021 8:53:55 GMT
Dwarf rhody, this has been here since at least 1975 and did die right back in a very dry year mid-90s. The bees do love it and not thuggish like the bigger versions. Just an elegant little composition. There are a lot of thos coloured foxgloves from seed sown about end of June last year. This line by the wall will look good in a week or so.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 9, 2021 17:40:02 GMT
Just a nice shot of Common Vetch from this afternoon on the roadside
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Post by 4wd on Jun 13, 2021 11:20:37 GMT
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Post by rgsp on Jun 14, 2021 16:42:02 GMT
Hay field just cut Tractor and drum mower Hay rowed up Tractor and haybob H Hay field with bales Tractor with baler Tractor with hay trailer Hay trailer full with 8 bales
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Post by Joyce on Jun 14, 2021 20:03:07 GMT
I can almost smell the hay, and 4wd’s flowers above. Lots of tractors towing grass past the flat today, so all go here too.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 17, 2021 9:27:23 GMT
These are about at their best it is lucky wind or rain haven't broken any down. A big plus point is rabbits don't really eat them.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 17, 2021 9:29:24 GMT
Possibly most important job of the year done
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