https://videopress.com/embed/PzGUSV5E?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0
Our youngest, Lila-Jeanne – PlayGroundology started just after she was born Our three youngest kids are a never ending source of inspiration. Their ability to play with no goal in mind, to get lost in changing beats and laughter’s rolling sound really highlights the vitality of independent play, the richness of embracing its giddy reel. […]
These days there are too few opportunities to go outside and putter in the garden, basically because the garden is frozen.
The Land of Iron has been working with Adrian Glasser, a local volunteer with a lot of technological expertise, on a number of experiments. One recent success has been reinventing the moulding of pig iron, this time in chocolate. ‘Pig iron’ was liquid iron ore run into series of moulds coming off a main running […]
via Smelted chocolate — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
A reader sent me the link to this New York Times story about the garden at Riker’s Island, the notorious New York prison slated to be closed. Rant readers won’t be surprised by this feel-good story about gardening, but at this time of year and especially this scary time in history, can’t we all use…
By MICK ROBERTS © A HUGE crowd gathered at Billy O’Connell’s remote pub in the Victorian highlands waiting for its official opening – and free beer. They were to be disappointed. The Melbourne Herald reported on June 15 1937 that… Read More › The post Opposition publican ‘cut the grass’ on the Blue Duck’s grand…
via Opposition publican ‘cut the grass’ on the Blue Duck’s grand opening — TIME GENTS
I found this unpublished post originally written back in mid-February of 2018. I hope you enjoy it! Back at John’s Garden for our February visit in the cold we can carry on with our exploration as we wander further along the canal-side borders to the canal bridge. In part two we will move along the […]
via A canal-side garden in winter – John’s Garden Part 2 — greenbenchramblings
I love the sight of a silver-lined oak leaf and December is the month to find them.
via The Sussex Weald: the realm of the ancient — Daniel Greenwood
Paul Thompson – Ryevitalise Programme Officer Trees give us so much – visually from a landscape perspective, environmentally by cleaning the air producing oxygen and storing carbon, and emotionally as spending time in a woodland is said to boost our immune system and have a restorative effect on our mental wellbeing. They have also had […]
via The Winter King — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
MEMBERS of the Salvation Army band were playing and singing Christmas carols outside a South Brisbane hotel. Drinkers in the bar joined in merrily. “You can’t sing in here,” roared the barman. “If you want to sing go out and… Read More › The post Drinkers join the Salvos in Christmas carols outside South Brisbane…
via Drinkers join the Salvos in Christmas carols outside South Brisbane pub — TIME GENTS
In March of 1863, 18-year-old Charles Appleton Longfellow walked out of his family’s house on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and—unbeknownst to his family—boarded a train bound for Washington, D.C., traveling over 400 miles across the eastern seaboard in order to join President Lincoln’s Union army to fight in the Civil War. Charles (b. June 9, […]
via The Story of the Christmas song, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” — My Good Time Stories
Nigel Boldero aka 'Old School Gardener'
 | Anonymous on PicPost: Carrot, my foot! |
| 18 Surprising Hydran… on Plantax 16: Hydrangea the wate… | |
 | Nigel Boldero on Poppyland: A Victorian romance… |
| Anonymous on Poppyland: A Victorian romance… |
| Anonymous on Plants to die for… |
 | Isabella Childress on PicPost: Forest, but not as we… |
 | Happiness Factor on Is child-friendly planning a l… |
 | zidane on Top Tip: On a Pedestal- make m… |
 | Claire Gillespie on Transforming an indigenous gar… |
| Nigel Boldero on GQT: Pleached hedges |
Nature Connectedness Research Blog by Prof. Miles Richardson
Connecting People with Nature
A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read.
Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life
Writing, photography and more by Daniel Greenwood
Lydia Rae Bush Poetry
Australian Pub Project, Established 2013
The Journey from Finnish Rintamamiestalo to Arboretum & Gardens
Because even in chaos, there’s always gin and a good story …
RANDOM BITS & MORE TIDBITS
.....and nurturing my soul
Cultural Heritage and the Digital Economy
Sense of place, purpose, rejuvenation and joy
Notes from the Gardeners...
Connecting People to Nature, Empowering People to Live Sustainably
A girl and her garden :)
Old School Garden 