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This was nice to see after our December bluebell planting efforts. We’re very much hoping these are Hyacinthoides non-scripta and not the other ones; we love Jamon iberica but Hyacinthoides hispanica not so much… Here’s the key to distinguish them…

We were pleased to welcome our new neighbours the Middle Ground Growers from the other side of the hill for an equinox celebration of their new venture and successful fundraise. Their Weston Spring project is a new market garden growing … Continue reading →

Spring and beautiful weather has seen increased visits to Kelston Clump. The Roundhill Barn is again available for short-term hire: see dedicated web site here. Apologies if the lettings team has been hard to contact for some weeks: we had … Continue reading →

Dick Bateman, learned retired geography teacher and keen walker who knows Kelston Roundhill as well as anyone, has responded to Ben’s pictures below with some of his own. Maybe its time we revived our photo competition (first prize was a … Continue reading →

The photographer Ben Walmsley contacts us with some photos and questions: I am a photographer currently putting together a series of images of Kelston Roundhill for a book. I was wondering if you had any information about the history, I … Continue reading →

Boxing Day we planted a mass of English bluebell bulbs in Kelston clump. It always feels like an ideal location for bluebells, but we’ve never seen any flowering in there until spring 2021, and even then it was just a … Continue reading →

Winters lighthouse keeper There should be a lighthouse here.Here, high upon this hillIt’s arm would hold us steadyand guard the western wall. & it’s great light sweeps the stars from white horse manes,esplayed on Eastern hills and turns to fracturesnow … Continue reading →

On 21 December a couple of dozen of us dressed warm, gathered at Roundhill Barn and walked up to Kelston Clump to watch the end of the year’s shortest day. It’s great to mark the Solstice properly; it marks something … Continue reading →

The conservation architects I used to live with spoke of soaking bricks in ox blood to get an authentic colour and spreading milk and yoghourt on walls and benches to encourage the growth of mosses and lichens. Does that even … Continue reading →

The weight of winter buildsto lean against the summer dam,The dark deep waters whisper, fading, softlyHere I am.Winter trees.Distant cousins to the summer siblingsthat we knew,Winter takes an artless brush topaint our reverieMountain blue.The water forces flowers and sticks apart,Sending … Continue reading →