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Writing tagged: ‘garden’

Roe buck

27 April 2020

A wonderful day’s wildlife.

Published 27-Apr-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: archaeology, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, curlews, garden, goat willows, Hebden Bridge, insects, kestrels, lapwings, mammals, meadow pipits, mistle thrushes, red grouse, roe deer, skylarks, stonechats, swallows, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos, wheatears
Sycamore

20 April 2020

A new view of a familiar tree.

Published 20-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, sycamores, trees
Mysterious divot

27 March 2020

A mysterious night-time visitor, and another bonfire.

Published 27-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, roe deer
Garden incinerator

26 March 2020

Time for a bonfire!

Published 26-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, garden, Hebden Bridge, ravens
Logs

29 August 2019

Felling a leylandii.

Published 29-Aug-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge
Rough patch

The Rough Patch

On the advantages of being a crap gardener.

Published 19-Jul-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, nature waiting, proto-sidelines, rough patches, stinging nettles
Our driveway
Our driveway.

A monument to lethargy

Sloth is a much-maligned sin, as our driveway demonstrates.

Published 30-May-2016
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, flowers, garden, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, rough patches, Yorkshire
Our hedgerow
Our hedgerow.

The Art of Sloe Gardening

In which I attempt to grow blackthorn seedlings from sloes collected last autumn.

Published 09-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: blackthorns, Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, sloes, trees, Wirral, Yorkshire
Driveway spring
The spring in our driveway.

Source of the mighty Humber

In which I discover (and get to name) an overlooked tributary of the Humber.

Published 29-Nov-2015
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, weather, Yorkshire

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