According to the Celtic calendar spring begins on the first of February. This is St Brigid’s day, a holiday in Ireland and it is often marked by hanging wreaths of flowers outside houses. Even older rituals involve tying coloured fabric to oak trees, possibly as native flowers are rare that early in the year. Or […]
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All posts for the month February, 2026
The flowers that bloom in the spring tra lah
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 25, 2026
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To the wood, to the wood – again.
Hello, welcome back and I hope you are all safe and dry after this spell of appalling weather. We have been rather quiet this last few weeks, partly through necessity and partly due to the return of the ‘flu we had before Christmas. We’ve christened it “shark ‘flu” because after taking a bite it circles […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 8, 2026
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