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an image of some wild carrot in forest Gate Community Garden taken by Derek Smith

Wildflowers, garden flowers and hot days to come, Saturday 4 July 2026

In the wildflower bed are lots of marigolds which need dead heading to keep flowering. There’s wild carrot too. I am fascinated how when the flower head goes to seed, it folds and becomes like a bird’s nest. There’s corn marigolds, California poppies, white campion and nipple wort. The latter is in the dandelion family which has so many similar …

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Picture of a tadpole turning into a frog.

Hot and Dry – Saturday 12th July, 2025

In the early hours of Monday (7 July) through to 8am, we had 21 mm of rain as measured on our rain gauge. The average for July is 41 mm; so that’s half a month’s rain in one day day. It gave the ground a good soaking. I examined the earth with a trowel and the rain had soaked down …

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