I was walking by the Edible Abingdon garden in the Abbey Gardens at lunchtime.
A blackbird came close when I sat on a bench for a moment – much closer than I would expect. He flew up to the back of the bench before flying back up to his perch. He may have mistaken me for somebody who feeds him.
In the Edible Abingdon patch, the chard looked good with the wavy yellow stems.
The purple headed chives also looked good with the yellow herbs behind.
Down near the other edible Abingdon garden patch, by the open air pool, there were a lot of geese cropping the grass among the daisies. There are two new benches, one dedicated to Alan Bryden (who found peace in nature), and another to David and Janet Morgan (who loved to walk by the river).
That chard really needs those stems cut back to stop it bolting completely.
If anyone wants to know more about “Edible Abingdon”, come along on Monday 27 when there are the usual Bank Holiday Walks, including one around the Edible Abingdon sites. Details of the others on the Friends of Abingdon and Town websites.
It’s not chard. It’s barely even singed.
We met the little blackbird on Sunday.
came right upto the bench we were sat on and stayed for ages.
was a lovely moment.