Primroses

Primroses are a familiar springtime flower.  The seeds are usually spread by ants, who like to feed on them.  Now, some time ago, about ten years, we did some coppicing in the wood that was growing in the valley.  It's mostly Hawthorn and Blackthorn with the odd Elm and Ash tree.  There were a few primroses at the edge so we moved a few into the wood. 

This is slightly contentious as Filnore Woods is intended to be a wild, natural place, not a garden.  On the other hand it could be argued that we were just lending a helping hand to speed up colonisation by the primroses.  Anyway they look very at home there now.  Go and take a look.  We have opened up the path through this patch of woodland.