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Posted on January 3, 2019

Review of Robert Pogue Harrison’s “Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition”, Nthposition 2009

Another review of mine from the departed nthposition.com. I quite enjoyed this from Robert Pogue Harrison. And  I am now even further along my immersion in the “dull adult world”, ten…

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Posted on March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

The snowy mini-labyrinth of Mr Price

A while back I posted my own effort at labyrinth building. Small sections of mini fencing (I am sure there is a more technical term) seemed ideal for the amateur,…

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Posted on July 16, 2017

Bird feeding notes, mid July

I have sheepishly avoided posting anything on bird feeding since this fatal illustration of the principle of unintended consequences. Disposing of the prior feeders (although this may have been overkill) and…

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Posted on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

From RSPB Nature’s Home – 5 ways to help hedgehogs right now

The official first day of summer, and in my part of the world it is living up to its billing. The year shuffles smoothly on, and growth and greenness reign.…

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Posted on April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

The Labyrinth of Mr Price

The prospect of having a labyrinth in ones garden seems alluring, albeit, done properly, highly expensive. I have found an appropriately cheap and easy way of labyrinth building – using…

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Posted on November 16, 2016

Bird feeding notes, mid November

A while since the last bird feeding note – and now, with cold beginning its bite, the feeds are highly popular. Once again, apples halves rapidly disappear – it seems like…

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Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016

Fifty Ways to Build a Hedgehog House

Well, not quite fifty – but there is a range of methods seen in these YouTube videos on the apparently simple project of how to  build a hedgehog house. Sometimes one…

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Posted on August 30, 2016

Bird feeding notes, end of August

In recent weeks bird activity around feeders has definitively picked up. Like the return to school, this is a  harbinger of autumn and behind that, winter. Certainly feeding birds in a deliberate,…

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