Keith Barker
@keithfortheplanet.bsky.social
Love nature, gardening and science. Appreciate integrity, honesty and kindness.
Grass is just the most resilient plant! This was almost totally brown a few weeks ago, but after some rain …..
#gardens #gardening
#gardens #gardening
September 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Grass is just the most resilient plant! This was almost totally brown a few weeks ago, but after some rain …..
#gardens #gardening
#gardens #gardening
The purple loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) is thriving this year. Obviously likes having its feet wet in the pond in this hot weather.
#gardens #gardening #ponds #nature #bloomscrolling
#gardens #gardening #ponds #nature #bloomscrolling
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The purple loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) is thriving this year. Obviously likes having its feet wet in the pond in this hot weather.
#gardens #gardening #ponds #nature #bloomscrolling
#gardens #gardening #ponds #nature #bloomscrolling
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Gorgeous Yellowhammer with food for its young, somewhere in the hedge. 😍
Taken a few evenings ago in my Somerset village. 😀
Have you ever seen a Yellowhammer? 🐦
#birds 🪶
Taken a few evenings ago in my Somerset village. 😀
Have you ever seen a Yellowhammer? 🐦
#birds 🪶
July 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gorgeous Yellowhammer with food for its young, somewhere in the hedge. 😍
Taken a few evenings ago in my Somerset village. 😀
Have you ever seen a Yellowhammer? 🐦
#birds 🪶
Taken a few evenings ago in my Somerset village. 😀
Have you ever seen a Yellowhammer? 🐦
#birds 🪶
This Jasmine smells incredible, especially in the evenings.
#flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
#flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
June 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This Jasmine smells incredible, especially in the evenings.
#flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
#flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
Beautiful sunlight this evening. This lovely plant regrows from ground level each year - I’m fairly sure it’s a type of Cosmos, but not the annual, self-seeding kind. #flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
June 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Beautiful sunlight this evening. This lovely plant regrows from ground level each year - I’m fairly sure it’s a type of Cosmos, but not the annual, self-seeding kind. #flowers #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Got to love a rose. This beauty is a new addition to our garden, called ‘For Your Eyes Only’, but I’m sharing it with you anyway!
#gardens #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling
#gardens #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling
May 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Got to love a rose. This beauty is a new addition to our garden, called ‘For Your Eyes Only’, but I’m sharing it with you anyway!
#gardens #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling
#gardens #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling
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Just walking up the garden and, oh joy! I’ve spotted the most beautiful Painted Lady butterfly flitting around the Alliums amongst the lavender bushes that line the rose walkway. I managed to capture a quick #phonepic to share with you! I didn’t see any at all last year!#nature
May 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just walking up the garden and, oh joy! I’ve spotted the most beautiful Painted Lady butterfly flitting around the Alliums amongst the lavender bushes that line the rose walkway. I managed to capture a quick #phonepic to share with you! I didn’t see any at all last year!#nature
Pond looking good with plenty of activity. Newts! Really happy with that. Thanks @katebradbury.bsky.social for the advice in your lovely book How To Create a Wildlife Pond.
#gardening #nature
#gardening #nature
May 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pond looking good with plenty of activity. Newts! Really happy with that. Thanks @katebradbury.bsky.social for the advice in your lovely book How To Create a Wildlife Pond.
#gardening #nature
#gardening #nature
Wow. Planted a a Dicentra a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t expecting this level of beauty. Have a lovely weekend.
#flowersonfriday #gardens #gardening #nature #gardenersworld
#flowersonfriday #gardens #gardening #nature #gardenersworld
May 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wow. Planted a a Dicentra a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t expecting this level of beauty. Have a lovely weekend.
#flowersonfriday #gardens #gardening #nature #gardenersworld
#flowersonfriday #gardens #gardening #nature #gardenersworld
April 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Taken yesterday at the wonderful Bourton House Gardens in the Cotswolds. #gardens #gardening #tulips #flowersonfriday
April 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Taken yesterday at the wonderful Bourton House Gardens in the Cotswolds. #gardens #gardening #tulips #flowersonfriday
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here’s a lovely spring ground scene. Have a nice evening. #nature #spring #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowers
April 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here’s a lovely spring ground scene. Have a nice evening. #nature #spring #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowers
Another visit to NT Hidcote today. Always a joy. #gardens #gardening #hidcote #nationaltrust #nature
April 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Another visit to NT Hidcote today. Always a joy. #gardens #gardening #hidcote #nationaltrust #nature
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Both #lavender and #peach tones in the rocky path through the heather. #AcoloradAyPRIL #RockinTuesday #Seasonal #SmArtist #ArtYear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings
April 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Both #lavender and #peach tones in the rocky path through the heather. #AcoloradAyPRIL #RockinTuesday #Seasonal #SmArtist #ArtYear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings
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This is what roadside verges should look like in April. These are not weeds - they are wildflowers essential to the survival of early Spring bees.
April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is what roadside verges should look like in April. These are not weeds - they are wildflowers essential to the survival of early Spring bees.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gorgeous colours in this pot (including the green!). Have a nice evening. #spring #gardens #gardening #tulips
April 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Gorgeous colours in this pot (including the green!). Have a nice evening. #spring #gardens #gardening #tulips
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The local brook; somewhere only I know. My new go-to place. A hideaway. I slow to its rhythm, lose modernity. A sweet precious meditation.
March 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The local brook; somewhere only I know. My new go-to place. A hideaway. I slow to its rhythm, lose modernity. A sweet precious meditation.
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First of the Bluebells in the village woods #wildflowerhour
March 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
First of the Bluebells in the village woods #wildflowerhour
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Over the moon to get my best ever photo of a Merlin today! 😍😀
Within seconds of this photo, it was chasing a Skylark high in the sky above my head! 😮
Taken at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
Within seconds of this photo, it was chasing a Skylark high in the sky above my head! 😮
Taken at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
March 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Over the moon to get my best ever photo of a Merlin today! 😍😀
Within seconds of this photo, it was chasing a Skylark high in the sky above my head! 😮
Taken at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
Within seconds of this photo, it was chasing a Skylark high in the sky above my head! 😮
Taken at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶