Dorset lifestyle
The flowers blossoming alongside the fruit that’s on the stems from last year, the capsules explode eight months after flowering and throw their seeds more than thirty feet away so hope to get more plants popping up in the border. The sheep spent the day in Fallen Oak and the donkeys in Willow. A day of marked temperature difference with a cold wind, it was about five degrees warmer in a sheltered spot in the sun.
Growing in a very windy spot and flowering better this year than last the yellow bronze flowers will produce fruiting pods that mature and explode, scattering their seeds, in October or November. Collected oak leaves from the bottom paddock, the sheep followed the wheelbarrow down and enjoyed nibbling fresh grass for an hour or so in strengthening winds. A squall sent them back to their shelter encouraged by a bucket of hay. The donkeys watched from their stable, just too wet for them to be on the grass. A wet day with late sunshine and a bright sunset.
