30 Days Wild | 8: Not Wild

The pollen count was just too high today. I've been suffering with hay fever and feeling a bit miserable about it. We went outside for a short time, but I got too sneezy. It's begun to rain now though, so hopefully that will settle it all down a bit, and top up my water butt. I don't like having to use the hose to water my veg patch. And our new plant needs to sit in rain water too:

Our new Sarracenia, waiting to catch some flies

30 Days Wild | 6: Strawberry Fair

After a long and enjoyable day in the sun and fresh air, here is a selection of the animals spotted on our walks to and from Strawberry Fair in Cambridge, and a shot of the carnivorous plant we bought:

Far too tired for anything more!

30 Days Wild | 5: Digging for Victory

We were at a class today, so specific wild activities weren't part of our schedule, though we did spend some time in the garden. However, when we got home, I found that my Ration Book had arrived.

For a fortnight from Monday we will be taking part in Cambridge Carbon Footprint's World War Two Rationing Challenge. We will be trying to eat as though we are on WWII rations. During the Second World War people were encouraged to grow their own vegetables in order to supplement their rations and whatever they could buy from the shops.  So it seems like as good a time as any to show you our vegetable patch. 

30 Days Wild | 4: Secrets and Lice

Our garden faces the wrong way, so it doesn't get much sunshine during the day. The area that gets the most and longest sunlight is the decking and vegetable bed, which is fortunate for everything trying to grow there. The lawn, however, spends much of its time in shade. Brilliant for preventing sunburn, but not great for basking. First thing in the morning though, it can quite glorious out there. This morning, we made the most of that sunshine by going out straight after breakfast. 

30 Days Wild | 3: The Really Wild Show

Today we went really wild with a trip to the safari park. We love seeing the animals in such close proximity whilst also having plenty of space to roam. But today's highlight, for me, was seeing a black squirrel. I've never seen one before, and at first I thought I was mistaken, because I had my sunglasses on, but there in the monkey enclosure was this little fella:

All thanks to my dad for this brilliant photo (and most of the others in this post).

30 Days Wild | 2: The Parable of the Weeds...

Day 2 of 30 Days Wild

In the words of Winnie the Pooh, today was, "A rather blustery day." It was raining when we got up and the wind was incredibly strong. I thought that the closest we would get to nature would be reading The Gruffalo, and watching our garden get a good watering, but then the wind blew away the rain clouds and the sun came out. It was a beautiful afternoon, so we went into the garden and I did some weeding, whilst B played with pebbles and M tried to get herself trapped behind the shed.

 

30 Days Wild | 1: From Tiny Acorns...

The other week I spotted 30 Days Wild being shared in a home-ed group on Facebook, and it grabbed my interest. We need to get out more - not just into our garden - so it seemed like the perfect way to inspire us to explore.