Tag: wild flowers

Creating a home for wildlife

19 January 2019 by Ling's Host

I have just opened a letter telling me that we have been accepted onto the Arable Option of the Countryside Stewardship scheme. The scheme provides funding for farmers, woodland owners, foresters and land managers to make environmental improvements. It has been running for many years, but has recently been updated to make things simpler and … Read more

Mellow meadow

8 August 2014 by Ling's Host

One of our aims from the very start was to improve the diversity of the 4 acre camping meadow. It has established itself from scratch over the past ten years with little input from us and because of this it is full of plants that have found their way in from the surrounding local countryside. I spotted a new patch of tall daisies this summer in the corner by the hedge and was almost embarrassingly excited.

white clover and yorkshire fog — White Clover with Yorkshire fog grass