Kimberley

I own a tiny little coffee roastery in South Yorkshire, UK. Also studying environmental science and spend the rest of my time thinking about plants. Owned by many cats. More questions than answers, always exploring. Occasionally post insects without CW so don't follow if you're bug averse!

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2024-09-13 12:46:30

Drama outside as the boundary dispute of 3 neighbours has devolved in to a lot of shouting and measuring tape action.
Two homeowner neighbours have, over the last decade, encrouched upon the garden of the rented out property between so much that the tenants didn't realise they even had a garden until their out of town landlord came by because he wants to sell up. Now the tenant family in between have a garden which they love and the two homeowners & landlord are arguing over the boundaries

2024-09-08 10:24:21

It's chucking it down and I'm sat in my warm, dry home office watching a heron sat at the top of a tall tree, looking very soggy indeed

2024-08-25 13:26:01

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@npub1m3j…5lnq Jenier's is my go to. I still have some loose leaf black tea that I bought in bulk 4 years ago that tastes fresher than this Twinings!

2024-08-25 11:42:21

Twinings tea tastes like stale twigs. That is all.

2024-07-29 18:52:18

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@npub1n8a…s6js thanks! I’ll keep checking come September

2024-07-29 18:43:15

When is the best time to pick English walnuts? There’s a huge old walnut tree in the car park of my nearest co-op. I want to dry them rather than eat them pickled. It’s in South Yorkshire, UK. RHS just says Autumn but are we talking early Autumn or late Autumn?

2024-07-23 19:09:25

A chomped on garden is a blessing. Other beings are feeding, building homes, and making new life here. As a sentimental fool little things like this fill me with so much joy
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2024-07-23 10:09:07

Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) newly emerged
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2024-07-22 19:59:09

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Related: are macro lens attachments for iPhone any good? I have got a proper camera but I don’t carry it while gardening but usually have my phone on me

2024-07-22 19:55:29

Oh hey there little buddy
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2024-07-21 10:19:51

Biscuits have been shrinkflated. Former trusty favourites Digestives and Ginger Nuts can no longer handle a good dunk. Sad times

2024-07-05 17:33:58

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris). I love the name of this plant. And seeing it’s purple heads peeking up through the long grasses in the meadow. It’s edible but I don’t eat anything from the contaminated land I picked this from, this is just to see what colour dye it produces. I think I’ll try to get some seeds for my local plant garden though #BloomScrolling
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2024-07-05 08:44:40

Fresh street drama this morning. Neighbour had his window put through a few days ago. Had it replaced yesterday, this morning it's been put through again.

2024-07-03 12:54:15

Going deep down a plant biomordant rabbit hole because I want to use foraged plants for dyes and not depend on bought in metal salt mordants

2024-06-29 17:59:18

My boy Grumps has been diagnosed with arthritis and can’t do much jumping or running these days. Tips for keeping a kitty stimulated without chasing and jumping very welcome! #caturday
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2024-06-23 13:57:32

There must be some big broad bean lobby encouraging people to grow them because no way is the taste worth the effort to prepare them #BroadBeansJustSayNo

2024-06-12 15:13:50

In the meadow near me there is a line over which the buttercups do not cross
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2024-06-11 08:51:40

What woman running alone doesn’t love it when a white van mounts the footpath at speed right next to you and then opens the door blocking her way. Only to ask for directions to the retail park. Get a smartphone with maps ffs

2024-05-30 12:25:22

92% on my garden pollinator research report! 🎉💃

2024-05-27 19:27:33

😭
#gardening
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2024-05-26 19:19:12

This water storage feature from the flood resilient garden at Chelsea Flower Show has got me searching for steel tanks
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2024-05-26 14:13:28

I’m normally quite laid back about slugs because I usually still have enough left for myself but they ate my first ripening strawberry that I’ve been watching get slightly more red by the day with eager anticipation 🤬

2024-05-18 15:45:57

I’m not precious about nettles, I’ve got plenty of them, but I didn’t consent to these being killed on my property. The extent of dead nettles and grass shows that my neighbour’s spraying drifted around 2m over my property line. #gardening #wildlife
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2024-05-10 11:30:00

Here's my rough plan for my little local garden project:
1 - map out what little micro habitats my garden has so I know what it can support. It's heavy clay, usually always damp but not waterlogged, with one side full sun and tends to get hot along a brick wall, and one side almost constant shade.
2 - Research the local flora that are suitable for the habitat. I have the S.Yorks plant atlas, lots of resources on native wildflowers, and also just exploring and seeing what is around.

2024-05-07 09:53:19

It's truly impossible to say why the river suddenly started to flood the village so much 🤔
Left 1960s, right 1980s (this map doesn't include all of the previous river straightening works upstream either
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2024-04-24 20:02:45

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Somebody walking towards me asked if they were my ducks, like I'm the kind of person who just has ducks that follow me (TBF, this was not my only duck following instance at that lake!)

2024-04-24 20:01:40

The last boost of the duck video reminded me of a few years ago when I was walking to work, a mother duck and her brood of babies had just left their nest, which I think was on the roof of some garages connected to a block of flats. They were stood just by the garages, and as I walked past they started following me. I walk past the entrance to the park on the way to work, so I walked them to the lake. When I stopped, they stopped so I'm pretty sure they were hoping I knew the way to the lake!

2024-04-23 08:41:30

What does Hawthorn blossom smell like to you? I adore its sweet, heavy honey aroma and can smell it before I see it but I recently discovered that a lot of people perceive its aroma as fishy! There are different types of hawthorn but people experience the exact same shrub in different ways
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2024-04-13 14:31:56

Ever since I first got in to gardening I keep finding myself becoming increasingly annoyed at capitalism-led Big Gardening.
Every single gardening guide tells you to buy compost and amend your soil. It's why anybody who says that they grow their own to save money gets scoffed at. In a regular allotment or garden you probably have an excess of nutrients. Cut Big Gardening off.
(I'm sorry I get irrationally angry after reading gardening magazines)

2024-04-12 15:52:56

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@npub1p43…f4ce I would say that they’re rotten to the core

2024-04-11 10:16:37

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@npub16kz…3dvt that link gives an error

2023-08-15 16:53:20

So pretty it doesn’t even look real
#sunflower #bloomscrolling
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2023-08-04 20:39:14

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@npub1srj…cc40 @npub1m9s…wkkg this is what I did on a section of very heavy clay that was compacted after years of being covered with asphalt. Chamomile & poppy are doing particularly well & after starting off dead a year ago, it’s filled with worms and much looser soil already. Over winter I’ll chop it and let it break down in place as next year’s top soil. Radish, dandelion and sunflower are good for hard soil too

2023-08-04 17:53:04

Sweet peas are indeed sweet (looking and smelling, not eating before somebody comes along to point it out). I keep chopping off their beautiful heads for my house and they keep on giving me more. #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
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