Bullrushes North Fife

Bullrushes as here in North Fife, we all know what they look like and that may be a good thing. The Media is at present heralding a probable recession, a collapse of systems, work, food, availability and cost. Well if push comes to shove we can always find something to eat. Yes it can be Bull-rush. The rhizome, inner pith and heads can be nutritionally used. For information on this and other alternative food sources the book below may come in handy. Enjoy.

A survival manual.US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76

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Convolvulus North Fife

Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) is a species of bindweed, native to Europe and Asia. It is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant found occasionally in north Fife where it is not invasive. It has beautiful soft white trumpet flowers, a joy to see on the roadside passing at this time of the year and will continue to flower right through September. A relative of Morning Glory which is rich blue with five radiating magenta petal markings.



A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain to accompany the bestselling Complete British WIldlife. With over 1,000 main entries covering wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers is a definitive photographic reference guide for flower enthusiasts. Helpful information about habitats of wild flowers and useful tips to aid identification are included along with a botanical hotspots section detailing 100 rarer species. Comparison pages show different leaf shapes and flower clusters to enable quick and easy navigation to the right section of the book to make your identification. Detailed information on which places to visit in Britain particularly rich in flower species are also included, along with individual maps showing where each species can be found. This is the essential photographic field guide of the best wild flowers Britain has to offer.Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species (Complete British Guides) .

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Rose Hips North Fife

Rosehips are particularly abundant in north fife as are the flowers earlier in the year. Vitamin C-rich rose hips can be found in dried form in most health food stores, but why not gather your own? You’ll save money and you’ll know where they came from and the conditions in which they grew. Furthermore, you’ll be adding to your own self-sufficiency by locating and gathering a nutrient-dense food source to nourish yourself and your family. There are many foods available in the hedgerows and wayside along with the industrial produce of the fields.


A book you may find useful is Food for Free.

Fans of Food for Free will be delighted at this new, ideal for carrying in a rucksack. Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. With details on how to pick, when to pick and regulations on picking. This new format of a best-selling title provides a portable guide for all those who enjoy what the countryside has to offer. Over 100 plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating information about their use throughout the ages. The recipes are listed so that you can plan your foray with a feast in mind. This is the ideal book for both nature-lovers and cooks. Particularly with today's emphasis on the freshest and most natural of foods. There is also practical advice on how to pick plus the countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants.Food for Free (Collins GEM)

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Wheat Harvest Logie North Fife

Wheat Harvest Logie North Fife. It looks like a brand new harvester to me. What a comfortable ride it is these days for combine harvester drivers on the north facing Fife fields. I think it even has a jacuzzi at the back. They are still at it as I post and below is a portent for tomorrow.

The adage, Red Sky at Night is ........ Delight as recorded a few moments ago.


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Wheat Harvest Parkhill Farm.

Ducks with ducklings out for a forage, a risky business as two ducklings were taken by a Sparrow Hawk a few days ago. In the background you might just hear the urgent groans of the combine harvesters working away in the surrounding fields here in North Fife.

Wheat Harvest Parkhill Farm Newburgh North fife. After so many days of rain it's surprises me how much dust is being thrown up from the chopped chaf and to be honest I've never seen such a wide reel and cutting table in Britain.

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North Fife The Earth

Construction in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta India. I like this photo of the meeting of home grown (bamboo scaffolding)and high rise concrete construction, a wee bit of a wobble in the traditional materials. Such use would not be allowed here but needs must. It's good to see others benefiting from an improvement in civic and living conditions and indeed India like so many so called third world countries are coming on a pace. Due to 1st world countries earlier and present rapacious use of world resource and the example we portray it's little wonder that others will aspire to equal standards. Sadly it's not sustainable and we as a species, so successful, the world is being over exploited of mineral, vegetation, fishes, you name it. It has been shown that another three worlds are needed for all mankind to achieve the same standard of material life as say America. Something has to give. We are out of balance and deep within we all know. What a legacy we are growing for those who follow. Anyway, below is where we all live together, me in north fife and you where you are, not separate in anyway at all.

The Earth. Do you recognise it? It's a changing.

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Wheat Field North Fife

Spring sown wheat, not yet quite ripe for harvest, a wet year that may yet get sunny and bright, maybe just in time.

Wheat field here at Flisk North Fife, I quite like the energy in the thrusting ears. Might even put to paper a drawing of the quality.

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Barley Field North Fife

Barley sown this spring, the heads are not yet fully mature but close.

Probably a few weeks yet before harvest, a month later than normal but yet it could be a good yield.

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Newburgh and District Gardening Society

Newburgh and District Gardening Society 6th annual Flower Show, This year held at The Tayside Institute Community Centre and for a change the sunshine was out to remind us that it actually is summer. In spite of this years weather entrants were able to put on a good show.

Winning potted plant, this white Begonia.

Cut flowers section.

Striking colours from these bright blooms.


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Newburgh Vegetable Show

Beans and peas at Newburgh and District Flower Show North Fife.

Vegetables, Leeks, Runner Beans, Celery and Tatties.

Carrots and Beetroot.

It's obvious some people know their onions.

Primary School Participation

Primary school participation in the event of Newburgh Flower Show. Poster design artwork by pupils of Newburgh and Dunbog Primary schools North Fife.

Mini gardens by primary 4-7.

Newburgh and District Flower Show

Newburgh and District Flower Show trophies and medals on display before presentation.

Prize giving, with Gordon Pitkethly and Marion Paton, head teacher of Dunbog Primary School North Fife.

Show Manager Pat Dalrymple and John Gibb patiently wait for me to buy a raffle ticket.

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