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Nightlife

I stayed up late playing guitar, making the most of having the house to myself, and after midnight went to let the cat out. She paused, lowering her head to sniff at something on the metal threshold, then moved on. My first impression was perhaps of a cat or marten dropping, right size and taperingContinue reading “Nightlife”

Bat time, EV time

Hemi-parasites: In the past six weeks I’ve noticed lots of eyebright here, but is it generally spreading or is this just a good year? Like yellow rattle it’s a hemi-parasite of grasses, ‘stealing’ water and nutrients, weakening them, which incidentally helps other plants establish. I’ve been wondering about the relationship between eyebright and yellow rattle,Continue reading “Bat time, EV time”