…in corn fields. Papaver rhoeas Myosotis arvensis, common forget-me-not, in similar patches. Another arable weed. Myosotis arvensis Myosotis arvensis Catalpa speciosa ‘Pulverulenta’ with its mottled or speckled white variegated leaves….

…the even commoner Cirsium arvense, or creeping thistle, which is a pest in the parkland and coastal fields here. We used to spray infestations out but this is not allowed…

…we took back in hand in the spring and are using to run circa 40 young bought in cattle. The fields were in a shocking state with low nutrients so…

…in the fields. 7,500 acres of vegetable crops in Cornwall mainly on rented ground from Land’s End to Port Eliot. Southern England Farms Southern England Farms Courgettes are the main…

…spread on fields we are trying to improve into Enhanced Wild Flower Meadows. large strip Lizzy & ‘Buddy’ win the dogs scurry at the GWC Clay Shoot. Lizzy & ‘Buddy’…

…Pinus insignis 1961 – FJW Harvest definitely finished. 35cwt average per acre. Best fields – School House Meadow and Eastern Close 50m cwt. 1959 – FJW Lapagerias have been out…

…Cyrtanthus elatus, the Scarborough Lily, in full flower on the steps of the Cottage in Yorkshire. This plant has greatly enjoyed the drought although the fields are much greener here…

…came just in time to swell the seeds and seed pods before they dropped off in the heat. More than enough to grow a few fields of michelia from this…

…Warren and Look Out fields. It is properly sheep fenced and now hosts many interesting wildflowers. earth bank This is Reseda luteola or dyer’s rocket which is a native biennial…

…recently completed the wild flower survey of all the fields on the farm. These show a massive increase in numbers of plant species and plant diversity since the last survey…

…ploughed back in at Treluckey – large fields of maize uncut. 1990 – FJW Picked first noblissima from outside front door – Sasanqua full out. A great deal of berry…

…hedgerows around corn and maize fields after harvest and recolonise woodland areas with over mature trees (ie holes) and existing dreys. On sunny days when going around the garden you…

…facing fields. First lamb births imminent. I wonder if the nets over the pheasant laying pens have survived the snow and wind. Another major cost of all this disaster I…

…lawn on the lawn Isla nearly throwing a strop in the Tregavarras cliff fields looking towards the Dodman Point. We saw a large fox on the way there. Isla One…

…‘Little Prince’ Protea ‘Little Prince’ A self sown wild strawberry in flower – Fragaria vesca. Pity to pull it out. Fragaria vesca I have been trying to photograph Dianthus ‘Mrs…

…and Moorgate, where I worked for 10 years, has changed. 21 Moorfields, the old Lazards concrete building, is half demolished and with it ‘The City Boat’ our favourite ‘watering hole’…

…Stewartia rostrata Flower buds forming on Heptacodium miconoides. Heptacodium miconoides Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ putting on a great show of flower as usual. Its strawberry fruits are exceptional too as…

…spring flowering I think. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Arbutus unedo full of flower nearby but all the strawberry fruits have already been eaten by the pheasants. This is…

…and, as yet green and unripe, strawberry fruits on Cornus kousa. Cornus kousa Cornus kousa Very ripe and pickable fruits on Crataegus x grignonensis with most of the leaves already…

…one with a whole Cornus kousa strawberry fruit in its mouth) in the afternoon sun. It is now a race against rodents rather than time to collect whatever seed is…