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Remedies for a difficult morning: 1) Go for a walk (these pictures were taken within 1.5 miles of our cottage.) 2) Soak beetroot seeds in water ready for planting later. 3) Grow a couple of onions from existing onions. 4) Post what you’re up to on @instagram and @facebook etc if only for your personal diary to mark this day 5) Go visit your garden, pull some weeds, sow seeds... #tobecontinued

I’ve been weeding, and sowing heritage seeds, in our ‘top garden’ today. My goodness what a natural high I experienced, was on cloud 9. 🕊

A Red Campion (Silene Dioica.) From the large family Caryophyllaceae. This is a male (he has ten stamens and a ten-veined calyx.) We grew these native wildflowers of woodlands and hedgerows in our garden from seed and now allow them to self-seed. They love moist soil and a little shade. It’s a fairly invasive wildflower given the right conditions so in April keep in check - it’s really easy to pull - from where you don’t want it, roots and all. Later in the Spring (from now) I use it as a cut flower, it grows to around 60cm in height and lasts well in water. Depending on the weather Red Campion will bloom until October, though where it grows wild in the village I’ve seen the odd flower year-round. In Greek mythology Silenus, an elderly woodland deity, was the companion and tutor to Dionysus. Silenus is derived from sialon, saliva. The froth on Red Campion attracts insects and catches the pollen. Dioica means two houses. Each plant is exclusively male or female so because it’s dioecious it relies on insects to transfer pollen. It’s a valuable plant to attract hoverflies and bees into your garden. The short-tongued bumble bee Bombus terrestris has found a way to extract nectar by chewing a hole through the calyx and flower tube and inserting its proboscis into the flower. Never tried this myself but the roots can be boiled and used as a mild soap substitute. There are archaic references to the pounded seeds being used to treat adder bites.

#humpbackwhale ( #ofthewoods )

The sunset just now. #cumbria

#wellhello #bordercolliesofinstagram

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