tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post4119056555194589203..comments2024-03-14T09:17:34.016+00:00Comments on The Glebe Blog: A recce and other stuff July/August 2014The Glebe Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827870808800970096noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-4143255406938659472014-08-07T01:44:20.194+01:002014-08-07T01:44:20.194+01:00Good set of photos Jim. Indian Balsam is a real ni...Good set of photos Jim. Indian Balsam is a real nightmare. It covers every riverbank in a thick blanket in late summer and seems to get places it has no right to be in, miles inland from any river system. Far more invasive than knotweed or rhododendrons. It's very hard to control and will cover most of the UK soon. Pretty flowers but I'm not a fan.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-59646734292327824902014-08-06T10:33:13.542+01:002014-08-06T10:33:13.542+01:00No that hedge is Mr Bryce McLeans, my neighbour. M...No that hedge is Mr Bryce McLeans, my neighbour. My hedge, somewhere in my posts is the beech on the left. I can't keep up with Bryce, he's a perfectionist. Maybe I should do a post on his and Elizabeth's garden, it's beautiful.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-1242427291698133582014-08-06T09:23:55.242+01:002014-08-06T09:23:55.242+01:00Haha maybe it is you! And fancy a sparrow having ...Haha maybe it is you! And fancy a sparrow having such a grand title!<br />I forgot to ask and I did mean to when I was commenting but is that your clipped hedge in the photos? It's a jolly well groomed hedge and if it's yours I'm mighty impressed!<br />Ah, and walk you will. :)Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-68055897318220279232014-08-06T09:02:46.639+01:002014-08-06T09:02:46.639+01:00Ah Rose, but I will be walking this weekend, I hav...Ah Rose, but I will be walking this weekend, I have a more moderate alternative walk planned.<br />I'm sure the water vole was just heading for his burrow after catching sight of me. We called it a water rat when I was a boy.<br />Scottish sparrows are called spugs or speugs and after a few years of decline they're making a strong comeback. I'm not sure what it is about my house, but the nesting birds are no longer nesting and I don't think I have mice. Maybe it's me !<br /><br />The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-47264004233443042752014-08-06T08:45:55.932+01:002014-08-06T08:45:55.932+01:00Thanks Linda, glad to hear you're on the mend....Thanks Linda, glad to hear you're on the mend.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-90377208441048975662014-08-05T21:24:23.384+01:002014-08-05T21:24:23.384+01:00Isn't that great news - it really does seem li...Isn't that great news - it really does seem like the "little fella" just may well make it!<br />Lovely vistas in this post Jim and just love the bee shots.<br />Mm, my opinion is that those sparrows were feasting up to gain the strength needed to invade your roof space and build super nests! (That's what Tasmanian sparrows spend all their time trying to do) but Nth Qld sparrows seem to have better manners.<br />Was the water vole ok? isn't it a kind of water rodent?<br />Well if you fall on your scottish bahookie that many times when out on a recce then no wonder you won't be walking this Saturday!<br />And on that note, I must dash!Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-78429122955216380932014-08-05T18:51:00.994+01:002014-08-05T18:51:00.994+01:00Absolutely brilliant, gorgeous series here, Jim! ...Absolutely brilliant, gorgeous series here, Jim! Wow!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.com