Revision Block

So, it's my last exam tomorrow, covering geology and its relation to human history.  And what have I been doing today?  Revising? Noooooo. Well, kind of, but not in the right area.  Instead of studying types of rock, glacial depositions and the Middle Ages, I've been researching sustainability and self sufficiency.  Learning about 'fedges' and preserves.  All really useful stuff in my master plan, but really helpful for my exam tomorrow.

I've even started a plan for the work that needs to be done, like clearing the fallen wood and felling dangerous trees.  Draining the dell into and hopefully expanding the pond, to eventually raise carp.  Tree planting and dry stones walls.  Where the polytunnel will go and what I will grow! It's time consuming and distracting, I love it!  But it won't help me pass my exam!  Wish me luck!

Woodland Revisted

After my Biology exam on Tuesday, I rewarded myself with a walk in the woodland that i so covert.  It is such a beautiful place, there is an old slate quarry with a proper little dingly dell at the foot.  It's such a surreal place, one where I could sit for hours just gazing upon the lichens and moss that grows there.

As yet, I don't know much about moss and lichen, only that lichen is such a complicated symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae!  I am getting pretty good with identification of fungus now, but I don't even know where to start with lichen!  I have invested in a book, but it in itself is very complicated, although supposedly a very good guide!


Here are some of the moss and lichen I found in my little retreat

I also found a wonderful patch of bilberries, which I've already made into Bilberry and Rowan jelly in my master plan for self sufficiency (in my head anyway)!  Once my exams are over, I really must crack on with packing up the house, and preparing it to sell.  My dream will never become a reality if I just sit there in the dell dreaming! And once it has happened, I can sit there all I like!