August 2016 – groweatgift

The Countryside Show

On a bank holiday, what could be better than getting into the countryside and eating tasty food while admiring the

I am not sure why I first decided I wanted to walk with alpacas. I think the desire to learn

As foraging season comes into its own, the hedgerows along the canal are bursting with elderberries. Having missed the window

The tomato comes into its own at this time of year. While few joys in life are better than biting

The first creatures to entrance me when I moved near a canal were ducks: ducklings, to be precise. I moved

Rainbowblooms gives me a chance to share pictures the colour of the rainbow every Sunday. However, I don’t limit myself

I’ve never really appreciated bugs. However, since 30 Days Wild introduced me to the joys of nature photography, I’ve developed

One of the joys of living near the canal is that I get to see all manner of wildlife growing

I have long loved foraging. As a child, my grandparents and parents told me tales of their own childhood scrumping;

When I was a child, my mother would take me into the garden at night to look for fairies. Somehow,