Thank you for the video. (And thank you to the camera person )Yes, I also like doing everything lo-tech. It also helps making you less dependent on electricity. You are the power and the energy. I noticed that you know all the uses of the plants. Do you use any to drink for everyday tea or to use to make a July-time iced tea? 🍹
My cameraman will be so pleased that someone has recognised his efforts, especially since he was (in between shots) doing just as much cutting as me. I definitely prefer not to rely on electrical or petrol gadgets & I consider hand tools as much better exercise. Also, heavy cutters are much more heavy & harder to reach up for doing higher bits. Yes. I do drink a lot of herb teas. We have loads of wild mint in our swamp and that makes really nice tea, but my favourite is dandelion coffee. I am not too keen on iced tea, but I drink loads of fruit smoothies. 🍸
Thank you for mentioning the Valerian plants. There are some that grow by the roadside near me, but I couldn't identify them. (Really nice scent, like Jasmine). My neighbour is a grants manager for woodland projects, and he said that the 'bridleway hedgerow' type planting (such as you have there and as I've nearly finished planting in my own garden) is quite rare now. Woodland planting schemes, unfortunately, rarely include this feature. He mentioned that certain flowers and butterflies thrive in such environments better they would in any other situations - Woundwort, as you mentioned, and Fritillary butterflies. Interesting that wild strawberries grow well on dry banks. I didn't know that (and explains why they haven't done too well for me yet), but I have seen them growing on nearby road verges, so if I heap up some soil, I'll probably have better luck next time.
It's definitely good to create different environments, with a little bit of landscaping, to create as many different perfect niches for as many different plants as possible.
Thank you for the video. (And thank you to the camera person )Yes, I also like doing everything lo-tech. It also helps making you less dependent on electricity. You are the power and the energy.
I noticed that you know all the uses of the plants. Do you use any to drink for everyday tea or to use to make a July-time iced tea? 🍹
My cameraman will be so pleased that someone has recognised his efforts, especially since he was (in between shots) doing just as much cutting as me.
I definitely prefer not to rely on electrical or petrol gadgets & I consider hand tools as much better exercise. Also, heavy cutters are much more heavy & harder to reach up for doing higher bits.
Yes. I do drink a lot of herb teas. We have loads of wild mint in our swamp and that makes really nice tea, but my favourite is dandelion coffee.
I am not too keen on iced tea, but I drink loads of fruit smoothies. 🍸
Thank you for mentioning the Valerian plants.
There are some that grow by the roadside near me, but I couldn't identify them. (Really nice scent, like Jasmine).
My neighbour is a grants manager for woodland projects, and he said that the 'bridleway hedgerow' type planting (such as you have there and as I've nearly finished planting in my own garden) is quite rare now. Woodland planting schemes, unfortunately, rarely include this feature.
He mentioned that certain flowers and butterflies thrive in such environments better they would in any other situations - Woundwort, as you mentioned, and Fritillary butterflies.
Interesting that wild strawberries grow well on dry banks. I didn't know that (and explains why they haven't done too well for me yet), but I have seen them growing on nearby road verges, so if I heap up some soil, I'll probably have better luck next time.
It's definitely good to create different environments, with a little bit of landscaping, to create as many different perfect niches for as many different plants as possible.