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Tag Archives: tree
I’m following a tree for Loose and Leafy @LucyCorrander #treefollowing Part 11
I’m not sure but I think my apple sapling is suffering from a national condition called premature election excess disease (ie he is ‘peed’ off). Of course my little sapling knows nothing about the General Election, but he has a look about him … Continue reading
I’m following a tree for Loose and Leafy @LucyCorrander #treefollowing Part 10
It was inevitable that something would happen between then (my last post) and now (the first week of December); even allowing for the mild weather due to climate change, the trees still have to do their thing and strip, losing … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Following
Tagged apple, autumn, buttercup, climate change, fall, leaf, sapling, teenage son, tree, tree following, winter
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I’m following a tree for Loose and Leafy @LucyCorrander #treefollowing Part 4
What is about children and saplings? You feel you have to watch them; keep a beady eye on them all the time to make sure they don’t get into mischief, sometimes doing it sneakily so they don’t know you’re watching … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Following
Tagged apple tree, lucy corrander, plant, sapling, tree, tree following
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I’m following a tree for Loose and Leafy @LucyCorrander
I thoroughly enjoy reading Lucy’s blog posts, always amusing and always informative, so when Lucy started her tree following project and asked if anyone else had a tree they wanted to follow, I immediately knew it was time to expose … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Following
Tagged apple, apple tree, garden, lucy corrander, sapling, seed, tree, tree following project
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Do the Geocache Walk; the cache & other treasures await.
Geocaching, “the free outdoor ‘real world’ treasure hunt” and once the domain of the privileged few who were experienced in the use of GPS systems (from their backpacking or boating expeditions), but since the rapid evolution of technology, is now enjoyed by people in their hundreds – … Continue reading
Posted in Family Days Out
Tagged cache, Dorset, geocache, GPS, grass, lazy sunday afternoon, Little Giant Wood, nature, tree, walk, wild flower, woodland, Woodland Trust, Woods on your doorstep
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The Ancient Whisperings of Dorset’s Lewesdon Hill. Shhh….it’s a secret.
The ancients were a wily lot who knew a thing or two about the safest place to inhabit although I cannot help but think they were also better equipped to deal with the high winds that seem to be a permanent feature … Continue reading
Posted in Family Days Out
Tagged ancient hill fort, buttercup, den, Dorset, fern, flora, hartstongue, landscape, Lewesdon Hill, meadow, National Trust, Pilsdon Pen, somerset, strawberry, swing, tree, walk, wild flower, woodland, woodpecker
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