Spring is in the air... I can't wait to see how my #Wildflower and #NativeGrass experiments pan out. I managed to get them sown at the right time. Now I'll have to make sure I water the spots once the snow melts.

#SolarPunkSunday #WildflowerMeadow #GardeningForPollinators

Shillington Sunflowers.
Canon EOS R7 with 18-150mm lens.
Individual images processed using Canon Digital Professional 4.
Triptych created using Affinity.

#photography #Sunflowers #Shillington #BedfordshireLife #SummerBlooms #WildflowerMeadow #GoldenHour #NaturePhotography #FloralPhotography #SunflowerField #SummerVibes

Long grass or short deer? Here's a roe deer stepping off the garden path and into our wildflower meadow.

#roedeer #deer #wildflowers #wildflowermeadow #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #bedandbreakfast #oban #scotland #visitscotland

Turning a septic field into a wildflower meadow - WetKnee Books

When I mentioned not wanting to turn our septic field into the traditional mowed lawn, Travis Sparks wrote in to share his impressive mini-meadow, started in

Wetknee Books
The only plants still flowering are a few examples of Yarrow, Ragwort and Field Scabious, so I don't feel too guilty for cutting those down.
This Common Blue butterfly has some other flowers to feed on nearby.
#WildFlowerMeadow #Butterfly
Nearly finished scything the wildflower meadow: 8 swathes cut over the past 5 days and 1.5 to go, which will get finished this afternoon.
(The separate, overgrown strip on the left is a swale that is not cut, remaining as a refuge for wildlife over winter.)
#Scything #WildFlowerMeadow

The wildflower meadow is coping well with the lack of rain and showing a good range of grass and flower species. The clover and the white ox-eye daisies have mostly finished flowering and now purple common knapweed is the dominant flower - attracting butterflies and bees. There's also some yellow lady's bedstraw starting to appear - and the odd teasel.

#meadow #WildFlowerMeadow

The new wildflower patch at city stadium, Newcastle upon Tyne, created as part of the Wild Ouseburn Project with volunteers by Wild Intrigue on Newcastle City Council land.

#ouseburn #newcastle #wildflowermeadow