by Ian Stephens | Jun 11, 2026 | Related articles
I must admit, when I woke up this morning and saw the weather, I wasn’t expecting much. In fact, I had every intention of working, but the rain soon decided it had other ideas! One of my few jobs of the day did produce a nice surprise though. I spotted a mullein...
by Ian Stephens | May 25, 2026 | Related articles
Today, on what has been the hottest day of the year so far, we decided there was absolutely no chance we were going to spend any more time out in the direct sun than we needed to. Instead, we headed off for a gentle wander around one of our favourite local...
by Ian Stephens | May 21, 2026 | Related articles
Over the next few days our temperatures are set to rise, and with that comes one of my favourite seasonal spectacles along local footpaths and hedgerows. Cow parsley season. For many people it is simply the white blur that appears everywhere in late spring...
by Ian Stephens | May 5, 2026 | Related articles
This isn’t a first visit for me, not even close. Naturescape Wildflower Farm is somewhere I come back to regularly, and over time I’ve got to know the team there really well. In fact, one of the first things they usually ask me now is, “What day are you on?” a nod to...
by Ian Stephens | May 1, 2026 | Related articles
Some days just build as they go on. This morning started simply enough, a look over the ceanothus and straight away there was plenty happening. Bees already hard at work, moving steadily from flower to flower, one in particular absolutely loaded with pollen and not...
