To reduce soil fertility and control the more rampant grasses. Plant where ground is churned or bare, moleheaps being ideal.įor wildflowers to thrive, you generally have (By ‘suitable’ I mean flower species found Is use suitable wildflower ‘plugs’ in several small areas around a field, and Grassy field into a meadow? Ha! There is no magic bullet, but what I tend to do “Meadowland - The Private Life Of An English Field” by John Lewis-Stempel Meadow as such, but a wildflower field nevertheless, do you have any practicalĪdvice based on your experience and knowledge that you could give to my Strict 'Old English' definition of ‘meadow', we are not talking about a real The concern about loss of wildflowers and pollinators, I am sometimes askedĪbout the best way to turn a grassy field into a meadow. He has shared some lovely photographs of his field, its views and animals too. The more people who read nature writing of that kind of quality, the better, in my view.īut John also seems such an interesting man (author, historian, farmer, naturalist, forager), that I also could not resist the opportunity to ask John a few questions, and he kindly agreed to answer them.Īnd so here are the questions and answers about creating a meadow, our connection with nature, writing and more. I am very keen to promote this kind of book. I very much loved the book “ Meadowland - The Private Life Of An English Field” by John Lewis-Stempel, and wrote a review of it. A Q&A With John Lewis-Stempel, Author of 'Meadowland'
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