Wild Summer Flowers (Part Three)

Lovely photos Hywel - really love the river /stream that flows down - lovely place to be - looks so peaceful and relaxing - love all the flowers such nice colours :)))))))))))))

I do like wild flowers very much Hywel especially when I see them grow in their native environment.I don't travel very much and too far, but anywhere I go it is a private property and it is fenced. Are there open spaces in Wales where everybody can wander freely, or you only follow designated walking paths open to the public? A question from an ignorant foreign person.

Thanks Paul. It is very relaxing to walk along the river bank :o)

Now Costas, you are not ignorant at all. We're all human beings whatever is our country of origin. - I'm Welsh and most people think of us as ignorant aswell,,, especially if we've got a broad accent like me, - but it's a myth :o)
........There are some places where you can wander at will, like on the hills and mountains.
Most places you can't do that - you've got to keep to the paths.

You live in a very picturesque part of the world Hywel. Thanks for sharing.

lovely blog, the river and the flowers are beautiful, im keeping this on my favourites so i can learn some more of the wild flower names, thank you.

What a lovely walk :) I really enjoyed that and the galaxy too! beautiful scenery..you are lucky to have that on your doorstep! :))))

oooh yes i nearly forgot the galaxy ~ did you eat it all pixi?

thanks for the walk Hywel, i too really enjoyed it, thanks for the galaxy bar also, wonderful photo's and a brilliant blog,

That was a wonderful walk Hywel ..

I did as instructed ... pretending it was summer.
... but it is a bit chilly here in my bikini ...
... putting winter woollies on now... ;o)

LOL TT :D Don't catch a chill :D

Thanks for all your comments, and I hope the Galaxy was nice Stickitoffee and Yorkshire and Pixi. I didn't have any :o((

I think they ate it all hywel, i didnt get any either ~ but it was a nice thought ~ it was my dad's favourite.

The greedy lot lol ! :o))

Brilliant blog again Hywel. I find myself having to come back and remind myself of the name of what I've just seen when out in the garden. We have quite a few of these and i try and leave them alone as much as possible. When you think of all the money we spend on someone else's wild flowers imported from afar it does make you think we should enjoy what we have and celebrate them instead of heaving them on to the compost heap. I am determined we shall have to have a holiday in your part of the world when we sort ourselves out.

Lovely Hywel....your lucky to have such lovely countryside near you.....

A wonderful stroll again Hywel, that river certainly looks inviting, love the chapel it looks newly painted and the flowers all so beautiful. Wheres my chocolate?? You must be strong to say 'no' Hywel!! Lol. I never say no!! :~)

I've just eaten a Wagon Wheel...
This blog now qualifies for GoYpedia Chocolate ;o)

Tank you again everyone :o)

Grandmage I only pretended to say no lol I am not that strong :o)

Oah ! Wagon Wheels ! :o) Now I haven't had one of those for years. I'm going to get some tomorrow ... Thanks for reminding me about them TT :o))

I agree Scotsgran, we tend to think of them as weeds. They don't seem to look so nice in the garden though, unless they are in a grassy corner.

a chocolate blog would be quite a possibility ~ only thing is i might eat it all before i finished the blog!!

wagon wheels not my favourite im afraid

lovely blog hywel and photos, but I think the valerian is Eupatorium perfoliatum (common boneset). It is a lovely pant and took me ages to get seed that would grow. Like you I love my wild flowers. The knapweed was one of my mum's favs and I was always including them in posies when i went for walks.

I passed on the galaxy, too.

♪ ♫ ♬ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬...three wheels on my wagon ....
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Another lovely blog Hywel. We forget how beautiful wild flowers are, especially in their natural habitat.

remind me please TT how you do those notes ~ i have a different computer now ~ im hoping i will be able to do them ~ apart from copying and pasting yours!!!

Really enjoyed the walk Hywell , I felt like i was really there. I love wild flowers too.Enjoyed the galaxy , my favourite chocolate! What an absolutely gorgeous place you live in,I'm so envious.

Thank you Seaburngirl. I've changed the name now. I wasn't quite sure what that one was really, although it's very common around here.

I'll help you eat the chocolate Stickitoffee ;o))

Thank you Rose, Sheila :D

I'm still rolling along TT :o))

I enjoyed the walk too Hywel and the lovely wild flowers along the way...I also liked sitting on the bench and eating your Galaxy...lol! :o))

you can have my wagon wheel hywel and galaxy, just leave me the rich, dark, strong one!!!

Can I have a small bit of the rich dark one Pleeeeease :o))
Just a small small bit will do, but it's my favourite better than milk choc :o))

Thanks Sandra .... Glad you enjoyed :o)

I enjoyed that, and the chocolate, very nice blog Hywel

Ok, its very good and since you appreciate very good chocolate ~ I will share!!! It is 'excellent' isnt it.

Glad you enjoyed Cinderella :o)

Thanks Stickitoffee ;o)) Yes it's the nicest chocolate !

no other compares ~ i have tried ~ believe me!!!!

True ☺☺☺

i dont mind experimenting ~ the things i do in the name of research!!!

I can't eat chocolate anymore...it gives me migraines!! And reading this isn't helping! However, Hywel, I can read your blogs and they have the power to cure a headache, they're so pretty! I've really enjoyed your trilogy, I'm more than astounded that you can find such large colonies of beautiful wildflowers! Such a pity about the horse eating the ragwort.

sorry to hear that libet, hope the migraines stay away.

Hi Hywel thanks for the lovely walk i did enjoy it very much:)

I also enjoyed the walk Hywel, especially along by the river, I had to pass on the galaxy bar, too sickly for me, not really a choc person but can soon empty a bag of sweets, my treat when out and about is for crisps or mini cheddars, I don`t like to share them though, lol....
Love the pics and adding to favs as I know I`d never remember all those names...

Thank you Sticki! That's so sweet of you! New preventative tablets seem to be working! One whole week, and no migraine!! Woohoo!

oh fabulous! that must be such a relief.

well i'll eat anything lol :)

Me too Pixi!!! Thats why I am constantly on a diet. Lol.!!

hehe! i should be!

Hope you don't mind me adding a warning here Hywel. Moongrower recently wrote a blog about plaiting onions for storing. Some one said they were going to put horse manure on their plot in the hope of growing onions next year. MG warned that farmers are now using a chemical which Bamboo had previously mentioned. It is designed to kill off weeds harmful to horses but if the resulting horse manure is used it can distort or destroy a vegetable crop in the garden.

I tnink we tamper too much with nature sometimes. I heard somewhere that a horse, and other animals aswell, will not eat these weeds when they grow in the field. It's as if they know they are poisonous. Ragwort grows everywhere in fields but all the animals seem to leave it alone.

So now we won't be able to use horse manure any more. It's becoming senseless ...

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Thank you Sue, Sue, Libet, and anyone I've missed

I'm glad you've got something for the migraine Libet. I used to get it in my younger days. All I could do was tie a scarf round my head and lie in the dark for a few hours :o((

A hammer to crack a nut again Hywel.

yes it seems so doesn't it :o((

Having read the link to the allotments provided by Moongrower, I'm beginning to wonder if this noxious chemical has gotten in to the compost I bought. I was complaining that things were not growing in that as well as I had expected them to do. There is a move afoot to get whatever it is off the market but unfortunately the information is not being broadcast very widely. If the objectors succeed then it will be withdrawn.

If the chemical only affects those weeds poisonous to horses, why would it affect the vegetables you put manure on ?

And horses eat it in the grass but it doesn't affect them, so why would it affect us if it's in the vegetables ?

According to the 'net because the horses eat the hay and get rid of the chemical in their urine it does not affect them too much but if as some suspect it gets on to the manure from that spilled urine and in to compost then the build up of chemicals in the manure or compost can kill vegetables or at least distort their leaves and affect the growth of the vegetables in our gardens. It reputedly leaches out of the plants it is supposed to kill and as soon as the weeds are killed the farmer cuts his field. That means there is a residue in the soil in which the next crop is grown. Because the chemical is a herbicide and designed to work at a very specific rate of application to get rid of the ragwort if it is in the field when the next crop eg hay is grown that crop could suck up the chemical and then the horses distribute it again. Allotment holders using it on their plots are reporting high levels of the chemical in their soil and tests might be indicating that it could take three years to get rid of it. The trouble seems to arise from the fact that those who say it can be used are insisting it does no harm and the tests to find it in soil are expensive and not 100%proved to be accurate. One authority says the only way to ensure you do not have it is to grow tomato seeds in it and if they have the symptoms then you have it, if not, it may or may not be in your plot. Its a catch 22 and personally i am concerned that we spray stuff on at the drop of a hat and then wonder why we have so many problems.
The problem for us as growers is that the stuff reputedly distorts and kills the crop so you won't have any to eat. If we did eat it we would get rid of it in the same way as horses do so it should not have too many problems for us either. I think this debate will run for a long time.

Another lovely walk in the country side where you live, i have enjoyed everyone of these blogs, what a lovely village you have aswell, i keep saying i'd like to live in the country side, but then when it gets to winter i'm so pleased that i dont, there again i can live where i am and enjoy the beautiful photos of the country side that you show us. xx

A smashing blog Hywell,i love looking at your local flora and fauna.I am typing this with all the noise of the city outside so its nice to see some lovely countryside.

Thanks for the explanation Scotsgran :o)

Thank you Carol and Rbtkew - mind you, it isn't idillic here ......

That was a lovely walk, Hywel. So many glorious wildflowers, it's hard to choose a favourite and you've captured them so well. Like Sticki, will add this to favourites so that I can pop back when I need to escape to a restful place. Having just eaten the better (or worse, depending on one's point of view)part of a Galaxy Bubbles, I resisted your temptation but it's good to know that it's there now any time I feel the need - which is quite often as it is my favourite. Did not know that ragwort is poisonous; sad about the poor horse.

This has been a lovely blog to scroll through, Hywel ... we rarely see wild flowers in clumps any more ... too much land has been built on now in this seaside area. Lovely to see the Honeysuckle ... which we knew as Woodbine when we were younger ... I can remember when our village really was just that and the bus conductor would call out to the passengers ... 'Woodbine Corner' in a part of the next village where Honeysuckle sprawled right across the walls and buildings ... all sadly gone now ... :o(((