Konect May 2020

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LEFT: Lesley enjoying the garden

Nature at its best There are so many things to enjoy this Spring despite the coronavirus situation. If you are lucky enough to have a garden take some time to sit in it and watch nature at its best. Can you identify all the different birds visiting you garden for food or to raise a family? This might be the year that you have the time to really learn about the specific habits of different birds? There are some great websites to help your identification of species.

Lesley has been furloughed and the sun was over the yardarm when I caught her and Henry the cat enjoying our garden. She has been picking flowers to fill our posy

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Posy Pot

pot each week and testing me on their names‌ I’m winning so far! We believe that every garden should be able to provide some flowers or leaves for a small pot each week of the year. What are you going to pick from your garden this week? The gardening project is contributed by Dougal Philip, New Hopetoun Gardens. Inspiring, informing and entertaining, for more than 40 years.

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