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We bought a field
The story of an 11.4 acre field in South West Shropshire
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Sarah Jameson
Sep 30, 2020
The Slide into Autumn
Two years ago today - on 30th September 2018 - we managed to buy the field next to our house at auction, so it is our second anniversary!...
Sarah Jameson
Aug 19, 2020
Blue Clay, Green Hay & lots of Mellow Yellow
Wetland project It took two skilled contractors five days to extract over 90 concrete drainage pipes from the field in July (all but one...
Sarah Jameson
Jul 19, 2020
Harebells, Rainbows & D-day beckons
The drought and heat of April and May gave way finally to much needed rains and lower temperatures in June, which gave our newly-planted...
Sarah Jameson
May 31, 2020
A question of water
At the end of one of the driest Springs in the UK on record, we are now very glad that our tree planting did not get delayed until after...
Sarah Jameson
Apr 28, 2020
Rattle and Hum
In August last year we gathered Yellow Rattle seed from local fields and sowed the papery discs into bare ground around the hay meadow....
Sarah Jameson
Mar 17, 2020
Fences, Raptor Posts & a Deadwood Hedge
The look and feel of the field is changing fast. Since 900 trees were planted in January, the treed areas have been fenced off from...
Sarah Jameson
Jan 15, 2020
.. New Year, New Woodland!
We were thrilled to hear from our local Shropshire Hills AONB officer just before Christmas that the application for funding for our tree...
Sarah Jameson
Nov 11, 2019
... and sheep may safely graze
Since my last post much has happened in the field and with our plans for it and late summer has gradually given way to late autumn. The...
Sarah Jameson
Sep 16, 2019
End of Summer
Step into the meadow on a still September evening, the light clear and tinged with pink, air cooling fast, the sun seeming to balance...
Sarah Jameson
Aug 10, 2019
Sowing seeds and pulling weeds
A week of heavy, blustery showers, bright sunshine and rainbows. The Harebells continue to spread and flower (although they have not...
Sarah Jameson
Aug 2, 2019
What a lovely find!
John Richards (whose family owned our field until last year) stopped me at his gate this evening to show me two watercolour paintings...
Sarah Jameson
Jul 28, 2019
Yellow Rattle - Collecting seeds for next year
Our field, although having over 100 species of plants in it, does not have any Yellow Rattle. Since this plant is the so called...
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