Saturday, August 11, 2018

Outdoor parson occasionally in church!

Saturday 11th August
A quick bit of glebeland maintenance before the lunchtime wedding: the thistles need to be allowed to flower for bees and butterflies but must then be uprooted before the thistledown blows around; and the sorrel and docks have to be removed before their seeds drop. The purple loosestrife is visible in this picture in beautiful clumps.
The idea is to restore the rectory glebe so that people walking the footpath through the rectory land beside the river can enjoy all the wild flowers in their natural habitat.
 
     If there is anyone who can help me to identify and photograph the plants through the seasons for the benefit of visitors, please contact me at the Rectory at Bellingham.

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