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The Year | The Orchard
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. I try to visit the site twice each month, take photos and record any new plants flowering. See the spreadsheet for the whole list. So far I have only recorded flowering plants, including a few, but not all, the tree species. Have not included grasses or ferns as yet but will hope to add these next year. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Blog at WordPress.com.
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June | The Orchard
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. June in the orchard. The vegetation is now quite tall, lots of Hogweed, Nettles and Dock. Also brambles now in flower. There are around 400 species of. In this country apparently so it could be a life’s work…) We have a number of different types some with white and some pink flowers. I found one with much larger flowers that the bees were going mad for. This is probably. Dewberry) as it has leaves made up of three leaflets or it could be a cross between. Ragwort...
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. The Natural History of Wain's Hill.
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July | The Orchard
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. The vegetation is now chest high in places, a mixture of great willow herb, nettles, brambles, docks, hogweed (now fruiting) and ragwort with vetch and bindweed scrambling over everything. The apples are getting quite large, we have a number of varieties but don’t yet know what they are, probably mainly cider apples. New species flowering included Hemp Agrimony. Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum. Bristly Ox Tongue, Picris echioides. Click here to see it.
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Later in May | The Orchard
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. Have made another visit to the orchard, plenty more plants and also apples forming. Again not the most spectacular pictures but just for the record why do I always go when its blowing a gale! Nettles are flowering and the brambles almost out. Hogweed and Cow Parsley are setting seed. Prickly Sow Thistle, Sonchus asper. A spectacular addition is Prickly Sow Thistle, a tall plant with almost thistle-like leaves and bright yellow flowers. Leaf of Rumex acetosa.
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. One response to “ About. April 16, 2013 at 10:35 am. Thanks for following my blog. I have long been interested in old European orchards like the one you focus on here – there looks like a wealth of biodiversity in there! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Winning the bramble and nettle wars.. | The Orchard
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The natural history of a Somerset orchard. A wet start to the year. Winning the bramble and nettle wars. June 21, 2012. Now that the volunteers have made such a magnificent job of clearing the bramble, the grasses have started to grow again and are beginning to smother the nettles. It was nice to see children playing and a family picnic going on. This would hardly have been possible last year ago without getting badly stung or scratched. Curled Dock, Rumex crispus. Common Vetch, Vicia sativa. Rough hawk&...