Yes, I admit it is hard to tell the difference between the two at that distance It's only half a mile off the beaten track in either direction but feels like the middle of nowhere.
Thanks Rob, that is a lovely picture. The scabious at the front really gives a bit of colour too. Am not too familiar with alder carr as we live and work mainly on the downs, so no water for the alder. In fact I am most familiar with it as a tree of streets and car parks.
That is some meadow. The cattle look happy there. Hope they grow well on it.
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That is some meadow. The cattle look happy there. Hope they grow well on it.
They don't really, that's why we have it as it's marginal land, but they are better suited to it than some larger breeds so we fulfil our niche. The only problem is that the grazing niche is currently bigger than than the grazed meat niche, so we need to work at redressing the balance if we are to manage it better.
That clover is almost an ecosystem in its own right. The picture of the calf is lovely.
On the subject of buggies and beasties, we have seen a lot of hornets recently. We know we have 2, possibly 3 nests in the woods, and almost certainly more. We are waiting for one of them to die out over winter so that we can finish cutting up a fallen tree.