Jake Rayson

Wildlife & forest garden designer in West Wales, UK. Climate activist. Resistance is fertile. He/his.

#AntiFascist #ExtinctionRebellion #JustStopOil #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #CitizensAssemblies
#FreePublicTransport #InsulateBritain

I’m not radical by nature, I’m just responding to the #ClimateEmergency.

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2024-07-28 20:30:39

In one of my day jobs, I work for a UK county council. I asked the IT department if they would host a #Mastodon server.
Much to my delight and surprise, they replied with a very detailed response (basically, no expertise, no money, too many security checks and no staff).
Is there a group on Mastodon that helps support local governments get onto Mastodon?
Thanks :)

2024-04-28 19:31:38

I see #gabions, everywhere.
Fabulous habitat, easier than walls. Nice example topped with Ivy-leaved Toadflax in Cardigan.
#wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening #NativePlants #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildFlowerHour
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/350/507/634/141/233/original/f4739fdb102b1b4a.jpeg

2024-03-16 18:15:04

Lovely gabions by the Cardigan health centre. Great for wildlife, all those nooks and crannies. Best to use recycled aggregate cos energies. Notice how stones are lined up carefully, so that there's a flat edge along the facing side, prevents bulging
#wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening #GardenDesign
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2023-09-11 10:49:00

We are in an accelerating #ClimateEmergency and witnessing the collapse of the biosphere. The agenda of the world economy is to burn all the fossil fuels.
Peter Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oQNrO0fqOA

2023-09-11 09:47:11

$7 *trilliion* in government subsidies for #FossilFuels in 2022.
Seven trillion dollars.
WTAF.
#JustStopOil #ClimateEmergency
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion

2023-09-08 14:04:11

#RadicalHorticulture Manifesto
* Every garden can be a #WildlifeGarden
* Use #NativePlants where possible
* Create habitat where you can
* Grow #WildFlowers & perennial crops for humans
* Extend garden principles of mutual aid into the commons
* Create edible ecosystems
#RadicalHorticulture #ForestGarden

2023-08-26 10:49:03

Kind of blue
Not sure which one, had coppery colour on outer wings. On a Ragwort.
#butterfly #lepidoptera #NativePlants #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/955/524/358/033/652/original/fb8f06c015de6552.jpeg

2023-08-21 14:23:01

Would you like to learn #CAD for #gardening?
Fancy the chances of that, I have a course called CAD for Gardeners!
1 hour long, with examples. Uses #FreeSoftware (QCAD or LibreCAD)
50% off with this link, only £9.99 (the price of 2 expensive coffees)
https://store.natureworks.org.uk/l/cad/FiftyFifty

2023-08-21 13:04:02

Went to Melin Tregwynt yesterday, lovely flower display in the car park. Would love to see displays like this with #NativePlants & (non-North American) #WildFlowers
#BloomScrolling #gardening
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/927/743/553/484/405/original/0ca147b5292cb82f.jpeg

2023-08-20 10:49:04

Using references in #GardenDesign:
1. Choose a plant you can eat https://pfaf.org & https://bit.ly/forest-garden-spreadsheet
2. Look at the pretty things #WildFlowers (note: some overlap here) https://bit.ly/garden-wild-spreadsheet
3. Choose #NativePlants https://plantatlas2020.org (note: more overlap)
4. Find out who else eats those plants http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hosts.aspx & https://en.wikipedia.org/
5. See if they live in your neighbourhood https://nbnatlas.org
6. Make informed decisions as to what plants to include
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2023-08-16 07:34:00

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@npub1nwh…wpwa thank you, will be an adventure finding new magic :)

2023-08-15 20:28:47

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@npub1ym7…lp7t and thank you by the way, it's warming to have empathy directed by way 🙂

2023-08-15 20:19:04

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@npub1ym7…lp7t we're downsizing, a half-converted barn on the other side of town, with *much* less land. So, very different garden, terraced, more focussed, bit of a project. I will miss the trees but not the mowing!

2023-08-15 16:06:26

Borrow pit https://www.natureworks.org.uk/blog/230814-borrow-pit/

2023-08-15 14:23:04

This is where I'm leaving and it breaks my heart
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/894/080/466/598/681/original/74c3396357d17804.jpeg

2023-08-15 12:57:30

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Here's a recording of the livestream.
Fun, hope, possibilities
#gardening #ForestGarden

2023-08-15 11:14:27

About to #ForestGarden #livestream at 12:15pm British Summer Time!
https://twitch.tv/natureworks

2023-08-15 11:02:21

I donated to @npub1pav…4qst -- our friendly local Mastodon instance administrator
#mastodon
https://Ko-fi.com/home/coffeeshop?txid=ce6326ef-4fc2-4dcd-8854-f440d67c0c68&mode=public&img=ogiboughtsomeone

2023-08-14 17:41:42

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Livestream recorded, which I guess isn't a livestream…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6_qxSBLBw

2023-08-14 17:15:00

My free resource of the week is #PlantsForAFuture — an online database of edible & useful plants. And let’s face it, pretty much every single plant is edible or useful some way or other, to somebody, somewhere.
If you are in a position to help, please do make a donation for their essential work
https://pfaf.org
#ForestGarden #gardening

2023-08-14 16:12:13

Going #livestream in a minute!
https://twitch.tv/natureworks
#ForestGarden #GardenDesign #gardening

2023-08-14 16:02:39

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@npub1hvz…mle9 that is so handy, thank you.
I thought about creating a project update post: when there's news, people who have liked it see the update. 🤔

2023-08-14 14:23:00

If you want to design lots of gardens, I can recommend learning CAD.
It’s brilliant for quickly working out tree spacing and calculating lengths & areas, as well as dcoumenting planting, plus CAD plans are easy to share as PDFs.
The software is free (QCAD or LibreCAD) and my introductory, info-packed 1 hour class is half price with this link, only £9.99
https://store.natureworks.org.uk/l/cad/FiftyFifty

2023-08-14 11:23:09

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@npub1zey…ruva thank you ☺️ I like the curves and the full planting, can really help open up a small space rather than seeing everything at once. Intrigued by more geometric designs for a #WildlifeGarden with #NativePlants -- does wildlife care if you have geometric shapes and straight lines in your garden?

2023-08-14 11:17:00

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@npub18w0…4458 I'm intrigued by how ecology is taught, a kind of overview, and how that could fit in to a gardener's experience. Thanks for recommendation of The Garden Jungle, I'll have a look at that :)

2023-08-14 11:14:38

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@npub1uvm…lw8a if only I had seen two weevils, a big one and a little one

2023-08-14 11:12:39

#Mosstodon, quiet in the valley
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/887/669/432/082/781/original/e987f461310f0248.jpeg

2023-08-14 11:02:17

Some sort of weevilly Weevil. There are many types of Weevil in the World.
#weevil #beetle #Coleoptera #gardening
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2023-08-14 10:49:04

I am a #WildlifeGarden & #ForestGarden designer by trade.
I weave #NativePlants & #WildFlowers into #ornamental designs.
Remote design a speciality, get in touch for a free online consultation hello@natureworks.org.uk
https://www.natureworks.org.uk/design
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2023-08-13 20:30:03

#SilentSunday
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2023-08-13 20:17:28

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@npub1cgc…0zk7 will do, I'll post it here

2023-08-13 20:17:12

Just thinking that industrialisation favours homogeniety

2023-08-13 20:14:16

Is there such a thing as a *UK* Ecology for Gardeners book? Would love to start wading in to ecology
Something like this:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ecology-for-gardeners-steven-b-carroll/445101?ean=9781604694451
#gardening #ecology #EcologicalHorticulture #RadicalHorticulture

2023-08-05 20:44:40

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@npub1ena…yyv4 diito #UK #UKpolitics