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John Pegden

@johnpegden.bsky.social

South Lincs fen dweller. Mad keen twitcher, nature lover, smallholder, beekeeper, wannabe basket weaver. Into carniverous plants. General dirty scruffbag. Leftie green. Retired ex primary teacher. Often outspoken.

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Plenty of Peacock butterflies on the plum blossom today, all out of focus 🤣🤣

01.04.2025 13:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I've woken up in a Hitchcock movie 😱

23.03.2025 09:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beautiful morning to be a turkey

09.03.2025 07:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Moody skies over our fenland smallholding today. Looking forward to a few dry days as it's all getting a bit squidgy now.

26.02.2025 22:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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70kg of daffodil and narcissi bulbs free from the roadside. Now just to get them planted. 🏵🏵🏵

26.02.2025 09:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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There's a buzz about the place today

25.02.2025 17:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I planted these hazels and alders as saplings. So great to see them dripping with catkins providing an early pollen source for our honey bees to feed this year's young brood.

22.02.2025 16:17 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Much excitement today with the arrival of five new Point Of Lay chickens. Blue, olive and brown eggs available soon! 🐔🥚🪺

19.01.2025 13:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The baby onions are hatching. Don't they look cute.

17.01.2025 09:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Frostiest day so far here in the S Lincs fens. Pond area's looking chilly. Good for the garden's natural balance to get a decent cold spell.

12.01.2025 12:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I give you Dog Pilates.
Boris and Arthur love to join in. Most helpful!

03.01.2025 17:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Crescent moon and Venus shining brightly together in tonight's evening sky

03.01.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Basket Challenge 2025 is under way. Practice makes perfect.
4 different wales used here plus a 3 rod chasing slew and French randing. A simple 3 behind 1 border to finish.

03.01.2025 11:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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4 Resolutions under way 😁
Weekly basket started, first Pilates exercises done, Spanish lessons completed and annual shower taken 🤪 Stll working on the grumpiness.

01.01.2025 10:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's certainly more useful than the sum of its parts - 100 sticks!
A few new techniques tried out on this one. New Year's Res is to make a different basket every week thru 2025 #basketmaking #willowweaving #newyearresolutions

31.12.2024 17:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bad news. Santa got distracted by this fenland sunset and crashed before he'd helped deliver all my presents.
Merry Chrimbo all 🎅🎅🎅

24.12.2024 16:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sunrise over the smallholding. I don't get to see this anywhere near often enough as I'm a bit of a night owl.

17.12.2024 08:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The whole sky briefly turned an amazing colour just before sunset last night. What a planet we inhabit!

16.12.2024 10:00 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Just back from 3 weeks in Chile. Was delighted to stumble upon a pair of White-bellied Seedsnipe near the top of Mount Tarn. Got this snap with my phone 😁

12.12.2024 23:28 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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