Background in Botany/Plant Science. Growing food. Moving towards more perennial veg.
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Last Notes npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I see the flowers every year, but have only heard a cuckoo once here in Fife npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena they are called cuckoo flower as they traditionally flower when the cuckoos return (or so I read) npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Frozen icy bubbles in water trays left outside during one of our recent hard freezes. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I think it's a similar thing to the fad Orcas were doing wearing a salmon on their head. It's just a phase they are going through because they see others do it, npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Muddy patterns found in the bottom of a plant tray. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The firepit must have been put away wet last time someone used it. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Looking for magic now more than ever. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Snail or slug trails on a grit box. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena It’s driech outside, grey, low light and mizzling rain. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena This is what happens when you let 6 plants of corn salad/lambs lettuce self seed in a raised bed. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena One cold and frosty morning recently, I looked in a mini pond and saw that the ice had started forming into a fern like crystal on the surface of the water. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Work got funding for a biochar kiln, one that works with woodchip. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Moss on a brick wall catching the late afternoon sun. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Having just discovered a new hashtag #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful I saw this piece of magic today when the freezing fog lifted for a bit and the sun tried to shine through. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Just back from the Dundee V&A npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Moss following the fault lines on a stone in a wall. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena brilliant! npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Freezing fog all day today. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena My new year rhyme is getting off to a good start -I found several “good sticks in 2026” today (also wrote the year wrong at least once in the course of the day). npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@roots/115814247601769366 npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #SilentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena 22 different plants in flower spotted on the New Year Plant Hunt today in Fife. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena When my Granny was alive, she always made up a rhyme for the new year. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Just had it explained to me by a blackbird that I should put more nuts out. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Female & male hazel flowers in Scotland on 29th December. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena In the past week a colleague, who had never been very moss or lichen minded, posted a lichen photo in the work group chat. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The BSBI New Year Plant hunt runs this year 1-4 Jan 2026. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Christmas day walk. Lots of moss, lichen and especially bracket fungi. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Merry Mossmas to all who celebrate npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena hope you have a lovely time with your family npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I hate this. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Heard a story of academic collaborators working on a paper together, one author ‘corrected’ one of the other’s references after asking chatGPT. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #SilentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Jelly ear fungus spotted on my way back from returning some sheep that came visiting back to their field. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Also saw lichen on my lunchtime walk. The storm may have brought some of these down. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Went out for a lunchtime walk, it was a good day to be a moss enjoyer. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena One Elephant Garlic first leaf is visible out of the soil! npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Storm Bram is blowing outside, so I’m staying cosy inside and looking at photos. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Cute little mushroom spotted today. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Oh dear, took this photo back on the 12 November for the November year of gorse photo. What with one thing & another, it’s the end of November, and while there is more gorse about, none of which I’ve taken photos of. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Odd question for the Lichen lookers npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena So many mushrooms growing out of an old tree stump along the nature trail path. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena this is the second cranberry orange bread post I’ve seen today. Is it a Thanksgiving traditional food? npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #silentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Lots of fabulous fungi at the Dundee Botanic Gardens today too. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena A visit to Dundee Botanic gardens today. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The leaves have all fallen, and let me spot this little nest I must have walked past all summer. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena this is the appropriate response. More countries should be behaving the same. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena First noticeable frost this morning making the grass and moss edged with ice crystals. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena A tree branch completely covered in lichens at St Andrews Botanic Gardens. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I’m not finished posting the moss and lichen photos from last week’s visit to St Andrews Botanic Gardens. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I just found a use case for quote posting. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #SilentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Dr Raven the Science Maven @npub18r6…yfej is on Mastodon. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena More moss, lichen and a tiny snail from the St Andrews Botanics yesterday. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena St Andrews Botanics today - first visit in a long time- lots of changes. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena This pathway is not often used & has become home to a range of different mosses. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The light was shining just right on this beech leaf to show up all the veins and connections. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena oh no! npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Still (always) looking out for fungi. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Good day at work- we were in discussions about a new project with a partner & I mentioned that any thing I spend time working on needs to have climate & biodiversity as the focus as we don’t have time not to. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena It’s waxcap time & in the UK plantlife is looking for spotters. There is a non app option. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena We went to see the sea in St Andrews. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Cute little yellow mushrooms narrowly avoiding being stepped on on a path. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Went for a walk with a friend who knows new and different paths down to the riverside. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #SilentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Saw an odd thing the other day. There was a rock by the side of the Firth of Forth with lichen growing on it. The lichen was getting lots of interest from wasps and some flies. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Mossy mushroomy log spotted beside the Firth of Forth this week. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Just back from a ‘conversation with Rob Hopkins’ organised by Dundee Changemakers & Abertay Uni. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena beautiful! npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena There have been some amazing fungi growing these past couple of days. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Another storm, more branches down. At least it means we can get a closer look at what jewels and treasures are overhead. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Fungi spotted this week. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I went down to the river. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Orange and yellow hawkweed flowers. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The historic antarctic explorer ship Discovery reflected in the pool beside the Dundee V&A yesterday. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena It was a good day for fungi today - I spotted these close to each other. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #FootpathFriday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I am in the land of impressive lichens (the highlands of Scotland). Trying not to take photos of every tree… npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena hope it feels better soon & you heal quickly npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I am now the opposite, I should visit the Edinburgh Botanics. It has been even longer since I went there. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena it cheered me up to see it. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena A reference photo rather than a beautiful one showing one of the rain gardens being installed along Glasgow’s Byres Road (a main shopping road near Glasgow Uni). There were more rain gardens all around the University area. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Very much enjoyed my visit the the Glasgow Botanic gardens today. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Saw a film last night: Our Blue World. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Galls! galls! galls! npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Fungus Friday and this mushroom was just there in front of me. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Sunsets are back at a sensible time - after doing the dishes and before bed. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena #SilentSunday npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena We’ve had a few days of much needed rain showers and the moss is starting to look a bit happier again. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Always something soothing about sun light filtering through leaves. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Hair cap mosses with leaves reopened after a short shower (with thunder) earlier. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena From the BBC npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Had to borrow a camera to photo this moth I found when I was out weeding earlier. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena I’ve had the Broadmarsh restoration area pointed out to me. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Is anyone making big public art installations that are intentionally made to provide homes for urban creatures? With eg Bird nesting spaces and bat boxes? npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Got out today and found some beautiful examples of my favorite combination- mushrooms growing in moss. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena Taking the wins where I can. npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena seems like reducing car movement should be the priority, then everyone benefits npub17m0krc59v246whh9fnkjy22hw45dkz7dcghw5n82rltuqvek829sv7ak8u Helena The storm has blown through and lots of twigs and branches are down.
