Posted by admin on February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looking out into the garden this afternoon we can see the first signs of spring.
After all the cold icy weather the first shoots and flowers are starting to appear indicating the winter will soon be behind us.
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Posted by admin on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Conservation experts will be using horsepower to help control the growth of bracken around historical sites in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
A special horse-drawn roller has been brought in to crush the plant around the exceptionally well preserved and extensive earthworks of a large group of cultivation terraces dating from pre-Roman times near Threshfield.
And it’s [...]
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Posted by admin on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
People in Cumbria who live close to, work with, or enjoy the region’s woods and forests are being given the chance to have their say about the role that publicly owned forests – the Public Forest Estate – in England should play in the years ahead.
The Public Forest Estate is managed by the Forestry Commission [...]
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Posted by admin on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The creation of new native woodland in and around Exmoor National Park has received a further boost with the news that the Forestry Commission has increased its rates of planting grants this year.
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Posted by admin on May 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Landowners are being offered cash to plant more trees in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The scheme aims to increase the area of the National Park covered by native broadleaved woodland which, in turn, will help boost wildlife habitats as well.
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Posted by admin on May 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
May sees The Hawthorn (Crataegus mongyna), or Mayflower is bursting into bloom in our British hedgerows.
The blooming of the Hawthorn has always been an indicator that summer has arrived,
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Posted by admin on March 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
From late February to May in shade at the edges of woodland or in hedgerows we can find clumps of sweet violet (viola odorata).
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Posted by admin on March 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The end of February has seen a very mild week with temperatures jumping from 4 to 10 degrees Celcius.
Light breezes and spring sunshine have made for some very good days to go walking.
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