Wrapping up in Cherington
My last harvest of the 2026 season with Glorious Grasslands on a rescheduled day due to heavy rain forecast later this week....
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Harvesting the savannah
A long journey this morning to the eastern edge of the Cotswolds with Glorious Grasslands to a major new site for the...
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Last week of Balsam
Returned to the cricket club with Stroud Valleys Project for the last Himalayan Balsam pulling of the season. There were a few...
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Taming the corner meadow
A smaller group today with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, perhaps because of the baking temperatures expected in the middle of the day. So...
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Harvesting arable margins
It was predicted to be well over mid 30s today, so an earlier start with Glorious Grasslands and aim to finish by...
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Solar Eclipse
I saw the total eclipse in 1999 down at Lake Balaton in Hungary. Today was the closest we had in the UK...
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Wilder Frome
This morning was the quarterly meeting of the Discover Dursley group. A smaller meeting due to a lot of people on summer...
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Scything a corky fruited meadow
Quite a large turnout today with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to scythe one of my favourite meadows. The quarter acre field at...
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Seeds at Sapperton
Another fairly local harvest with Glorious Grasslands, at a farm near Sapperton. When I got there, I realised I’d done it previously...
