The Scribble

  • May 10, 2016

    Wild Garlic

    green garlic wild blog

    The woods around our cottage are currently carpeted with constellations of wild garlic flowers, one of the best wild foods there is, and at this time of year you can find it in abundance if you know where to look. Should you chance up...
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  • May 06, 2016

    Wild Tulip

    wild tulip cleaned up blog

    On this glorious sunny morning, Tulipa bakeri are clustered at the top of the meadow under the pine trees. It's a fried egg of a flower with bright pink petals spread wide and yolk-yellow centres soaking ...
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  • May 01, 2016

    Domestic Disaster

    Bows

    When your beloved husband 'helps' by handwashing your prized, pristine white vintage blouse with your sons' favourite orange woolly leggings...Daubing its' perfectly imperfect bow pattern, still visible through the new dye job, made me feel momentarily b...

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  • April 28, 2016

    Snakeshead Fritillary

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    The gently swaying pink and white bells of the Snake's Head Fritillary rise up in the meadow in April. I planted a swarm of these little miracles of nature by our front path a couple of years ago - they seem to love it there and I never get tired of lookin...
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  • April 20, 2016

    Cuckoo Flower

    ladys smock blog

    So nice they named it twice: this is Lady's Smock, or the Cuckoo flower, depending on your preference. The latter title was bestowed on account of its appearance at around the same time as you might hear the first cuckoo in Spring. These delicate lilac beauties suddenly appear in a purple ...
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