Making a meadow, day 2

Today was about sowing some poppy seeds that my sister gave me from her allotment, and transplanting foxgloves, campions, ox-eye daisies, a tiny bit of vetch and some sprigs of cow parsley from the wild patches in our garden. A band of willing helpers arrived at 11. We raked some patches bare to create mini…

Making a meadow, day 1

At least, yesterday was the first day of physical work. Leading up to it was a pre-covid meeting of the Greener Moorhaven group, walks around Moorhaven looking for good meadow spots, discussions with other wildflower enthusiasts through the Greener Ugborough Parish group https://www.ugborough.com/g-up-mission and Moor Meadows https://moormeadows.org.uk, discussions on the Moorhaven facebook group and via…

A short post about violets

There are four violets to look out for in spring. Here’s how to tell them apart Sweet violets, in purple or white, have rounded rather than pointed sepals, and coarser leaves than dog violets. They tend to grow in large clumps, flowering as early as January or February onwards. They are sweetly scented – think…