Those of you who follow us on Instagram will know that we Heath Hands-ers have been busy the last couple of weeks – but to bring everyone else up to date. Last week we were up in Highgate Woods waging war on the holly trees which had taken advantage of the restricted work that could …
Kenwood magnolia
Magnolia, Nevada and a talking walk to Hampstead Village
It is not quite there yet, but the Kenwood magnolia is poised. One more day of good sunshine and those creamy silk vase shaped petals will have burst into full flower. Round a corner into the woods I came across a long fallen tree whose trunk had rotted and crumbled. Squatting down to look closer …
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Spring buds and blossom
Willows are always the last trees to lose their leaves and the first to come into leaf – and here they are, down by the Men’s Swimming Pond, blowing around on a vigorously windy day. Meanwhile, walking through the wood, the brambles are revving up for an energetic spring colonising the undergrowth. A bit further …
Hints of spring – and ‘Say no to Neonics’
Ever since Victoria asked a few weeks ago where to find snowdrops, I have been searching for them. I am happy to say that I have found lots in my own garden, but they are still hiding their heads shyly. However these ones that I found on the daffodil covered slope below Kenwood House yesterday, …
Keeping cheerful….
The one get-out clause from self isolation from COVID-19 seems to be ‘taking healthy exercise’. So, now that I am only a very short stone’s throw from Hampstead Heath, I intend to take full advantage so that I can deliver a daily diet of cheering , hopefully sun-filled, images…. So for today – my all …