If you find yourself out for a stroll in your local woodland this Easter weekend then look out for some flower buds on the path beneath your feet.
Look for redish purple flowers on the path under larch trees. These are the tiny female flowers from the larch which will develop into the small cones we often see hanging from their branches during the winter.
When you have found some larch flowers on the ground, look up. you should be able to see the very same flowers growing on the tree. The ones on the ground have most likely blown off due to the high winds we have had recently.
There are lots of larch along the trail at Penninghame pond.
Have a great Easter! Maybe we will see some of you at our Easter event this Sunday at Kirroughtree!
Yogi
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