by richard | Mar 25, 2023 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Nature, Recipe, Spring
Wild Garlic / Ramsoms / Ransoms / Somerset’s ‘Onion Stinkers’ / stink bombs or stinking nannies are widely available to forage throughout the British Isles particularly in the Westcountry where it grows in abundance in woodland & hedgerows. Often...
by richard | Jan 22, 2023 | Blog, farming, Nature, Uncategorised, Winter
Cold Frosty mornings are perfect for a great Sunrise. Here it was about minus 4 which did no favours for my hands. Luckily the phone had sufficient battery in the cold. The Time lapse video incorporates about 7 minutes of actual footage. A tripod is required to keep...
by richard | Jan 26, 2018 | Astronomy, Blog, Glamping, Nature
On January 31st 2018 (This coming Wednesday) there will be a Super Blue Moon. The modern definition of a Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. This occurs every few years and quite unusually this year has 2 Blue Moons, in January and March. After this...
by Em | Oct 21, 2017 | autumn, Glamping, history, Nature
The days are getting shorter and its getting harder to awake in the murky mornings. The leaves are changing colour on the trees and with Storm Brian on the horizon, many are blowing around across the park. There is a great variety of colours from green and brown...
by Em | Sep 21, 2017 | autumn, Blog, Foraging, fruit, harvest, history, Nature, walking
What else could I write about this month, apart from apples? It is autumn on a farm in Somerset. It is that time of year when there is so much fruit in season, every walk involves a bite or a nibble. Both man and beast, we are all well fed. We have many varieties...
by Em | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog, Nature, summer
There seems to have been an explosion of bumble bees this summer. They are seen working hard collecting nectar on all the flowers, as well as literally getting under foot when walking across the field. They seem to particularly like the clover flowers. Although...
