Chequertree
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Environment, food, farming, gardening, sometimes with a Kentish slant. Side interest in astroturfing & computational propaganda.
After an exceptionally dry year these Sticklebacks are hanging on in the last bit of water in this dried up woodland stream in Orlestone Forest. With more very high temperatures forecast and no rain on the horizon their days are numbered.
June 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
After an exceptionally dry year these Sticklebacks are hanging on in the last bit of water in this dried up woodland stream in Orlestone Forest. With more very high temperatures forecast and no rain on the horizon their days are numbered.
This is the same area in Autumn. Often flooded like this for weeks or months at a time.
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is the same area in Autumn. Often flooded like this for weeks or months at a time.
Fails the 10m restriction by some margin...
May 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Fails the 10m restriction by some margin...
What hope have our rivers got? Huge pile of stinking poultry litter/manure, 25m long, 4m wide and 2m high, just 3 or 4 metres from the water's edge along the East Stour River, Kent and another even larger pile set further back. The field is usually underwater for several months of the year.
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
What hope have our rivers got? Huge pile of stinking poultry litter/manure, 25m long, 4m wide and 2m high, just 3 or 4 metres from the water's edge along the East Stour River, Kent and another even larger pile set further back. The field is usually underwater for several months of the year.
The Blackthorn flowers are incredible this year, what an absolute joy!
April 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Blackthorn flowers are incredible this year, what an absolute joy!