Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne

A sudden change in the weather as temperatures shot up last week; from cold, dull and overcast to an increasingly warm sun and clear skies for over a week, bringing on blossom and bringing out the first early butterflies.

An interesting feature in this month’s ‘Gardeners World’ about growing greener veg in your garden, also applicable to our plots: ‘ A productive garden is one where you can enhance, rather than harm, the environment.’ (Gardeners’ World March 2022 BBC). From saving seed to getting water smart, ditching the chemicals and protecting the soil, it’s all helpful advice

The laying of the last section of our native deciduous hedge has been completed this week by the TCV team, with help from some plotholders.

It’s World Wildlife Day today. Our semi-resident young dog fox has taken a liking to the raisins in bird seed mix put down for the robins; the sequence of events now goes – I turn up and open the shed door,

I had a surprise last Friday on a mild, sunny afternoon when I parked my bike as usual against our new compost piles, courtesy of the Royal Stables; looked up and there was the little fox not a metre away, dozing atop the heap! Good news that the heap is generating heat.