{"id":1045,"date":"2013-05-14T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2013-10-26T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T20:33:22","slug":"lords-ladies-and-leeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Lords, Ladies and Leeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Few flowered Leek\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Few flowered Leek\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000431_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>&#160; <br \/>Few Flowered Leek          <br \/>Despite looking like the picture of innocence this member of the onion family is the latest invasive species to arrive within the Stenner Wood site of biological interest. Further north its proved capable of spreading extremely quickly and outcompeting our native flora. Unfortunately it appears to like the wet woodland however I suspect its met its match with Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000449.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Apple Blossom\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Apple Blossom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000449_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>          <br \/>It\u2019s apple blossom \u2013 it\u2019s Spring <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Smile\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" \/>          <br \/>Taken within the local community orchard in Kenworthy Wood before the well meaning Abundance group kill them off. If anybody from Abundance notices this post please <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.rhs.org.uk\/advicesearch\/profile.aspx?pid=245\" target=\"_blank\">read this.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000407.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lords &amp; Ladies\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lords &amp; Ladies\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000407_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a>          <br \/>Lords &amp; Ladies also known as Cuckoo Pint<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000489.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Green Alkanet\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Alkanet\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000489_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a>          <br \/>Green Alkanet on Stenner Lane, Didsbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dryad&#39;s Saddle\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dryad&#39;s Saddle\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1000476_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>          <br \/>Dryad\u2019s Saddle at Kenworthy Wood          <br \/>One of the more common saddle brackets seen in spring and autumn. Far more common than Wood Nymphs&#160; <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Surprised smile\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile.png\" \/>          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; &#160;&#160; Few Flowered Leek Despite looking like the picture of innocence this member of the onion family is the latest invasive species to arrive within the Stenner Wood site of biological interest. 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