We bought a field

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!...

Wetland project It took two skilled contractors five days to extract over 90 concrete drainage pipes from the field in July (all but one...

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...

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...

In August last year we gathered Yellow Rattle seed from local fields and sowed the papery discs into bare ground around the hay meadow....

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...

We were thrilled to hear from our local Shropshire Hills AONB officer just before Christmas that the application for funding for our tree...

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...

Step into the meadow on a still September evening, the light clear and tinged with pink, air cooling fast, the sun seeming to balance...

A week of heavy, blustery showers, bright sunshine and rainbows. The Harebells continue to spread and flower (although they have not...

John Richards (whose family owned our field until last year) stopped me at his gate this evening to show me two watercolour paintings...

Our field, although having over 100 species of plants in it, does not have any Yellow Rattle. Since this plant is the so called...