The Scribble

November 11, 2016

Common Knapweed

It would be fair to say that this week has been a rather grim one, but there has been one hopeful act of faith amidst the madness here at least. Wildflower seeds have been scattered in the meadow, a little later than ideal (that would be early Autumn before ...

October 07, 2016

Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

The meadow is no more: scythed, mown and raked away for the winter, much to the delight of our resident green woodpecker who has been nibbling up all the bugs now revealed on the ground. One of the last men standing as the blade swished thr...

September 30, 2016

Busy

This week I found Oliver Burkeman's fantastic BBC radio series on Busyness, and highly reccommend it - it...

September 16, 2016

Sweetpea

The rain is here at last and glorious as this endless summer has been, it's good to be back in corduroy and aged cashmere, contemplating a cosy autumn. Besides the meadow residents, the only flowers (or indeed anything) I have grown with any real success this summer has...

September 09, 2016

Common Agrimony

Having emerged relatively unscathed from our first Summer Holidays which were, dare I say it, actually quite blissful for the most part, this week has been something of a shock to the system as sunbathing and relaxing are replaced by school and routine...

September 01, 2016

Mystery Meadow Resident

The first year in the meadow we had clouds of cow parsley towering above the grasses and flowers below and it was incredibly beautiful. I don't know what we did to offend them, but they have never returned! I did however find this delicate and diminutive relative cower...