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Post by NellyDee on Feb 12, 2016 16:31:49 GMT
A few years ago I decided to start recording and make notes of all the wildflowers/plants that appeared in my attempted wild meadow also with the trees and grasses. This then extended to wild flowers found in favourite places. For my own use I made it into a slide show. I wanted to show you this, but the only way I could think off was to make a video which I have posted here, you can obviously hit pause if you want to read any of the notes. And I wont mind one bit if you find I have got any IDs wrong. I got a huge amount of help both with the wild meadow and the ID of the flowers over the years on WaB.
 Wild Plants Trees Grasses by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by shirl100 on Feb 12, 2016 18:40:35 GMT
There are some fabulous species in your meadow, really enjoyed watching it, I didn't really check the IDs especially grasses - not my strong point at all! Great video though, I have tried wild flower planting in our meadow, we have got quite a few lovely flowers in there but every time I have planted seeds the jackdaws swooped - even when I have buried the seeds in soil.
Shirl
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Post by NellyDee on Feb 14, 2016 17:23:01 GMT
I did not plant anything, It took nearly two years to clear the area which was filled with old fallen trees, scrub and bits of old machinery and someone had been using it to tip their rubbish, I then I waited to see what came up and was over the moon by the diversity of plants that appeared. Unfortunately the area (about 1 acre) has been beset with problems - land slip, which has caused the burn to fill with rocks and silt and now over-runs it's banks when ever we get heavy rain. this was followed by the area being shomped to death by escapee sheep 20 - 30 of them from the hill farm behind, and a farmer who seemed loathed to move them (free grazing?)Took over a year to get that sorted out. So if the weather improves I will wait to see what re-emerges this spring. However in that time I gained masses of marsh marigolds, reeds and rushes and gained dippers, wagtails and mallards and of course the herons, but they used to visit the burn anyway.
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