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12-01-2016, 08:04 PM | #1 |
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Lots of weeds still
Well the one thing about the mild weather is that there is still a lot of weeds about - great for those of us with tortoises still awake. It looks like it is going to drop colder now so might have to have another weed drying session as they love it!!! I still can find good quantities of dandelion (including flowers) plantain, sow thistle, clover and still some mallow about to name a few I do wonder how everything is going to cope with it having been so mild - we have daffodils flowering and so many plants springing up that a hard frost will destroy- however I guess nature will sort itself out in the remarkable way it seems able to
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12-01-2016, 09:57 PM | #2 |
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We've had snow drops up for a week now
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13-01-2016, 03:07 PM | #3 |
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we are having a flush of sow thistle round here at the moment,great for drying.
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13-01-2016, 08:17 PM | #4 |
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Saw my first daffodil on Boxing day. My onions and garlic really took off but now the foliage is bending over and looking limp.
The bird song today was lovely, but far too early I have been picking weeds too and drying. They look so healthy, just like in the spring. |
14-01-2016, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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There does seem to be plantain, dandies, bittercress, and may be a few more.
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14-01-2016, 05:31 PM | #6 |
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omg -0.3 today...its soooooo cold ! nothing left now..hardly CB
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14-01-2016, 08:57 PM | #7 |
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I've got basically nothing in the garden now. A cold snap over the last few days has wiped out what was left. Up till the new year there was always some though, so I can't complain.
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18-01-2016, 09:46 PM | #8 |
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some thing has eaten all my dandelions I have been growing under the cloche !! little rascals. roots are still there. do voles hibernate because they are top of the list. CB
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19-01-2016, 07:16 PM | #9 |
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Could be moles as they do not hibernate apparently. Voles are usually near water.
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19-01-2016, 08:52 PM | #10 |
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don't they have the cutest names ! we have loads of voles, they are super quick and lovely little things but they do eat anything I give to the tortoises. Especially in one enclosure. mum and her 12 babies were sat round the bowl once. It was one of those jaw dropping moments. (another involved a remote beach in Australia and a huge crocodile, and then there was the massive lizard under the camper...and a rabid racoon in America and don't mention the late night dip....) prefer voles. CB
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