Today, I noticed that my bleeding heart plant is in full flower. How did I not notice before? I couldn’t wait to show the children, when they got home from school. Then it occurred to me that we could find other flowers in the garden, and I could do a […]
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What do beans need?
Take one bowl of soil, a handful of beans, some string (or elastic), little bags and three enthusiastic children Carefully fill the bags with soil. About a half or two third full. So long as the bean has enough soil to hide in. Pop one bean in the bag. Push […]
Read moreToad on the road
It’s toad time of year again. Usually I post about the toadlets, but this year I thought I’d include the adults. Now is the time when the adult toads are meeting up and heading down to the local ponds at night. “Going to find girlfriends, ” as TF loves to […]
Read moreFeeding the birds
We headed off to Slimbridge to spot some of the migratory birds, this week. It is one of our favourite places. Clutching a bag of seed each, the children headed out to make friends again with all the wonderful geese, ducks and other resident birds. The swans are free to […]
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