To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spaghetti Junction, I’m revisiting some old posts from my previous blog Botany in Birmingham. This one dates back to February 2017 . I strolled down to Junction 6 of the M6 by foot, having struggled to stroll by car or any other mode of transport. As I walked through the …
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To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spaghetti Junction, I’m revisiting some old posts from my previous blog Botany in Birmingham. This one dates back to February 2017 and refers to previous posts ‘Salford Circus…’ and ‘…and other attractions’. On my way to look, with varying degrees of success, at various things around the area, I passed …
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spaghetti Junction, I’m revisiting some old posts from my previous blog Botany in Birmingham. This one is a continuation of ‘Salford Circus…‘, documenting a trip made in January 2017. After spending some time at Salford Circus I embarked on a short loop through and around Spaghetti Junction. First a description …
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spaghetti Junction, I’m revisiting some old posts from my previous blog Botany in Birmingham. Here’s one from January 2017 looking at Salford Circus, which lies directly underneath the junction: On a cold Saturday morning I strolled down to Salford Circus, beneath Spaghetti Junction, to begin my investigations. The pavements …
Not for the first time this year, I’ve been a bit absent of late. Absent from the virtual realms of this world at least; physically speaking I’ve been exactly as present as usual. Having written a blog post at the rate of two per week for most of 2021, I’ve failed to get myself back …
Good morning and welcome to another Six on Saturday. The last couple of Sixes have avoided the garden as a whole; either loitering around a single plant, or heading off to the allotment. Well we’re back in the garden this week for a general update: a few late summer blooms, along with some Cyclamen flowers …
It’s been a little while, longer than I had planned in fact, but my online shop is now back in business! The shop contains a variety of different plants, tubers and seeds, and I will continue to add to these as the year goes on. Here’s a list of what I have available, although you …
I have a bit more time available to me at this time of year, so I’m trying to make the most of it. As I was pootling about, attempting to bring order to all the various pots and plants, I noticed a few signs of life. Despite being the middle of winter, below is one …
Things are beginning to take shape (regarding Kind Hearts and Corydalis’ new virtual home), so I thought I’d write a short post to say hello and introduce our new home. This website is the online manifestation of my collection of plants. These are predominantly Corydalis and Dicentra, along with a few friends such as the …