{"id":282691,"date":"2025-06-09T02:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/wild-flower-season-my-shetland\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T02:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:25:48","slug":"wild-flower-season-my-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=282691","title":{"rendered":"Wild Flower Season | My Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After constant grazing by the Icelandic horses all winter, I try to let my little 5 acre croft, Clothie, rest and grow back, ready again for the next winter.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a slow start this Spring \u2013 quite cold with a constant brisk north wind but the flowers are finally beginning to appear.<\/p>\n

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This is my favourite walk and the place I like to walk the dog. I wander around marvelling at the amazing flowers and the huge variety, while they climb over the old dry-stone walls trying to\u00a0 find out where the incessant chirping (the birds nest in the walls) is coming from.\u00a0 There are also bunny rabbits to chase.<\/p>\n

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I have been in contact with someone local from the RSPB about seed collection\/conservation to help the native Shetland bumblebee.\u00a0 Clothie might be an ideal location for this.\u00a0 It will be interesting to hear any suggestions from them.\u00a0 I\u2019m not really sure what is involved and will confess that I\u2019ve lost the original email too (my email had a hiccup and I had to clear it out to get it to work again).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the flowers are pretty and good selection of what grows here in Shetland.\u00a0 I made a list in my original email and it looked fairly impressive and varied.\u00a0 Clothie is pretty much undisturbed this time of year.\u00a0\u00a0 It also hasn\u2019t been \u201cimproved\u201d with lime for a long time either.\u00a0 The horses won\u2019t go back until winter descends.\u00a0 This is a good winter field for them because it has lots of shelter.<\/p>\n

So hopefully someone will get back in touch with me soon and we can move forward and I can show them Clothie.<\/p>\n

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