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A Plant a Day: January 24 |
In September 23, we started doing this totally mad thing.. we gave ourselves the task of finding, identifying and photographing a different wild plant from our land every single day. We planned to do it till the plants ran out, or the days ran out, or we ran out.... whichever came sooner.... We got to mid January 24 just before cold and rain and wind meant we stopped being able to find any new plants on our daily searches and so we stopped looking and promised ourselves to return to the task when spring got going..... In April 24 we begin again, although are now tasking ourselves to find a 'flowering' plant each day or a totally new one - this will give us a chance to re-find the 133 plants found over the 23/24 winter but also to hopefully find new ones too.... |
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Current plant count on our land: = 133 (NEW this month = 15) |
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January 21st 2024 Annual meadow (blue) grass - Poa annua Allotment On our land: common |
January 20th 2024 Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea Oak field, bottom hedge On our land: just one plant seen (thankfully) |
January 13th 2024 Drooping sedge - Carex pendula Front Drive On our land: common |
January 12th 2024 Heath bedstraw - Galium saxatile Oak Field, inher hedgerow On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 11th 2024 Purple dead nettle - Lamium purpureum Oak Field, inner hedgerow On our land: fairly common |
January 10th 2024 Bracken - Pteridium aquilinum Garden, pond hedge On our land: common in garden |
January 9th 2024 Dove's-foot crane's-bill - Geranium molle Four-Fruit-Tree Area On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 8th 2024 Pennyroyal - Mentha pulegium Four-Fruit-Tree Area On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 7th 2024 Delicate fern moss - Thuidium delicatulum Goat Field, inner hedgerow On our land: very common (we think) |
January 6th 2024 St. John's wort - Hypericum perforatum Garden On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 5th 2024 Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis Garden On our land: some in garden and middle hedges |
January 4th 2024 Common daisy - Bellis perennis Garden On our land: very common in garden |
January 3rd 2024 Pond water starwort - Callitriche stagnalis Oak Field, inner hedgerow, in ditch On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 2nd 2024 Common mallow - Malva sylvestris Allotment On our land: commonality not yet known |
January 1st 2024 Common primrose - Primula vulgaris Front Drive Bank On our land: fairly common here and garden |