I'll look after them in these pots for a year or two, then they'll be ready to make their way out in the world.

#moretreesplease #sligo

They've been dropped into a growing medium of rescued spent compost from hanging baskets and window boxes, chicken manure and seaweed pellets, and soil dug out of the forest floor the acorns were harvested from, to inoculate them with all sorts of exciting microscopic life.

Carefully snipping off each bough and then sections of the trunk as the rootball gradually settles back into the hole, means that this tree will reroot, survive, and live a new life with fresh wood. The old wood is now destined for landscaping and habitat creation.

Fallen kebab tomato seedling, sprouted from between concrete slabs. Impressive history, uncertain future, yield unknown.

Ah, I last drove past there at about 8.30pm a few weeks ago. I'll plan my journey better next time and schedule a stop!

Which garden centre?

Hello Conor. Would you have a high-res version of any photos of Annacoona, the Cauldron, and around to Dermot and Grainne's Cave available?
We on the mountain rescue team would find it useful to have on file...

(@baldricwonderdog on instagram, now retired, for anyone who needs to verify this)
#dogsofbluesky

Haa, great photo.
A few years ago after another named storm I drove around harvesting trampolines from hedges and fields, they got turned into a small polytunnel.
Nature is healing!

Beautiful birds, and it's great to have a semi-tame one as a pet, but do remember that they are both A, and invasive species; and B, delicious.
Just saying, you know.

It is indeed a lovely drive, that one.

Hooray for thick socks!