Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
I’ve had this old ficus for almost 4 years now. The history is here, if you care for the family back story. It got off to a slow start this year, and I thought maybe a repot into fresh soil and a slightly larger pot may help. This shot is from last summer: And this year, after a few months… Continue reading Ficus Nerifolia revisited
Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
This post covers work done over the course of several years; a direction I have been trying to take this blog over time, and will continue to do. It may mean fewer posts, but showing the cause-effect of our employed techniques over a long period of time is a very effective way to demonstrate and learn. This is the last… Continue reading Zelkova shohin candidate air-layer
Originally posted on Alan's Ramblings:
On our way home from our Norfolk Birding Weekend, Helen and I couldn’t just drive past Frampton Marsh – a reserve that we’ve visited a good many times previously and enjoyed so much! The weather has been oppressively-hot all weekend, and once again today it was up around 30°C on arrival at the reserve. If anything it felt even… Continue reading Frampton Marsh – 15 Jul 2018
Originally posted on Alan's Ramblings:
The second day of our Norfolk Birding Weekend took us on a return visit to Cley Marsh, about twenty miles Eastwards along the North Norfolk coast from Titchwell Marsh. And if Helen and I had though it was a hot day yesterday at Titchers, well today was even hotter still! 30°C at around 11am, with no breeze whatsoever. Phew!… Continue reading Cley Marsh and Titchwell Marsh (again!) – 14 Jul 2018
Originally posted on wadertales:
It’s usually a good day if you see a Spotted Redshank in Britain or Ireland. How about a flock of 60? On 27 July 1975, I was fortunate to be part of a Wash Wader Ringing Group cannon-netting team that caught 60 Spotted Redshanks at Terrington, on the Lincolnshire border of Norfolk. When we fired the nets, we knew that there… Continue reading Fewer Spotted Redshanks
