A Spring Nature Trail
As soon as she came home from school yesterday my youngest daughter (4) told me that she wanted to ‘go and find nature things’. Her elder sister was at an […]
Category Archives: The Accidental Garden by Emma M
Signs of a New Season Approaching
There are still at least six weeks to go before we reach the vernal equinox, the official first day of Spring, on March 20th. The recent cold snap left us […]
New Year Woodland Walk
The winter solstice was less than a fortnight ago, the festive celebrations have only just finished and we’re sitting right in the middle of winter. It’s still a time for […]
Bright Lights of Autumn
All too often the hustle and bustle of every day life can cause us not to notice what’s going on outside our windows. Since moving to a more rural spot […]
Seedhead heroes
Three or four years ago there was a buzz on craft and design blogs about umbellifer flowers and seedheads. Cow parsley, fennel and Queen Anne’s lace had become a major […]
Foraging for wild plums
We live in a tiny rural village on the edge of the East Anglian Fens. Across the village green from our cottage is the end of the Devil’s Dyke Anglo […]
Poppies on the verge…
In recent weeks I’ve been noticing a wonderful amount of colour in our local roadsides and on waste ground. There’s one particular flower that has been the star on the […]
The Accidental Garden
My Grandfather’s garden was a good place to be. I remember the peppery smell of aubretia vividly and the joy at finding baby frogs amongst the ferns next to his […]
