Amelia's photos

Taken in Norwich on the River Wensum

This is taken somewhere in Norwich, but I have no idea where, and I doubt I could ever find it again.

We are away from the computer for 6 days. Enjoy the warm weather and the coming weekend. It's traditional in farming and gadening communities, to plant potatoes at Easter. Shropshire farmers are renowned for their ploughing techniques. The furrows are deep so that the new poatato tubers can be 'earthed up' in order to prevent them from going green if exposed to sunlight

Don't ask me to explain this fence.

SC190 - Post 29 March - Miksang photography

The double avenues of pleached lime trees are a remarkable feature here at Erddig. The trees form a ‘living wall’ and mark the position of the original walled border of the Grade I listed garden, which was later demolished. They burst into bud around April time, a sure sign that warmer days are here. The extensive pleached lime tree avenues are pruned by hand. This ancient art, which dates from Roman times, involves connecting branches together to create a shaded walkway to promenade. It would take one skilled gardener around 10 weeks (about 2 and a half months) to complete the task single-handedly, making around 65,000 cuts – thankfully we have a small team on hand to take on the mammoth challenge! When we were there on the 18th March this year, the gardeners were out in force doing the pruning, along with parties of school children. The weather was glorious. www.ipernity.com/doc/1081863/53277954 This a shot (taken by Herb Riddle) of the same area taken in March this year.

A glorious March day. Parties of school children with their teachers and helpers were busy sketching the Hall, and the gardeners were very busy pruning the avenues of pleached lime trees.