It’s a (seed) wrap
It’s very unusual to be seed harvesting at this time of year. But the hot weather combined with the poor harvest at...
Prewalking the stone stiles
I’ll be leading a couple of walks at this year’s Dursley Walking Festival. So it’s time to do the pre walk and...
Clearing the wildflower patch
The outdoor habitat management is well underway now at Wild Acres. It’s a good time of year to cut down seeded wildflowers...
Banners and rafts
Some housekeeping activities today. First of all, the regular check of the three river rafts for the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. There were...
Tour of Britain
The tour of Britain came through Dursley again. The weather was amazing and there was a bit of a build up for...
You could hear a pindrup
By now the Glorious Grasslands project would have switched from seed harvesting to seed spreading. But the amazing hot week and how...
Walking the land
I met up with Ruth and Lucy from Walking the land – a Stroud based art group who do walks and draw/paint...
Cutting out a path
The brook at Wild Acres has a path running along it’s length that had got very overgrown during the summer. I took...
End of lane meadow season
It’s getting close to the end of the season where plants drop their seeds. The wildflower patch I’ve been cultivating down the...