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Six on Saturday – 1st May

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May already, and we are still having night frosts. Time they went away now. This week’s Six on Saturday. Thank you to The Propagator for hosting.

  1. Red crab apple – tiny apples but makes up for it with it’s beautiful foliage and flowers.
  • Red crab apple

2. Newly emerged and very green maples leaves.

  • Maple

3. Bluebells. Yes May is bluebell season

  • Bluebell

4. Geranium – small and delicate and I am afraid I don’t know the name.

  • Hardy Geranium

5. Dandelions are already setting seed and attracting a goldfinch pair into the garden.

  • Dandelion

6. And finally we have six new chicks just a couple of days old.

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Union Wood

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A couple of weeks ago we visited Union Wood in County Sligo. The bluebells were amazing.

Union wood, blubells
Union Wood
Union Wood
Bluebells, Union Wood
Bluebells, Union Wood

Union Wood is designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) due to the presence of old sessile oak woodland. Today,  the woodland is mixed and includes commercial forestry and is part owned by Coillte and the NPWS.

Water Avens, Union Wood
beech tree
Lords & Ladies and Bluebells

The wood was once part of the Cooper Estate, The Cooper family had acquired the land in the mid-17th century under the Cromwellian settlement. Prior to which it was owned by an old Irish family, the McDonaghs.

Union Wood
Ballysadare River at Bluebells, Union Wood

There are two looped walking trails to enjoy, one 4km and the other 5.5km long.

 

 

Raheens Wood – return visit

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Raheens wood is a placed I’ve blogged about before. We returned last week. The woodland flora is at it’s very best now. So, as time is not on my side this week, just enjoy the gallery.

Bluebell
Raheen wood
Lesser celendine
Herb Robert
Raheen wood
Raheen wood
Red campion and fern
Yellow pimpernel
Stitchworth
Violet
Wood Sorrel

 

 

 

February

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Sunday, the first of February, was Ireland’s Saint Brigit’s day and seen by many in Ireland, as the first day of spring. Outside it is cold with wintery showers of hail and sleet, but the sun is shining in between. In the garden, there are signs of life. A beautiful Hellebore I got from my sister, is in flower; daffodils almost ready to open; my Brigid’s cross made from rushes; bluebell shoots from seeds I planted two years ago; hazel catkins opening and elder catkins looking nice again the blue sky.

Hellebore
Daffodils
Brigid’s Cross
Bluebell shoots
Hazel catkins opening
Alder catkins