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Lost and Found in E11

Field Study's Man in E11 reports

from the marsh woundworts?

August 04, 2015

Stachys palustris ? 4/8/2015

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from some lost moments in a Utopian plot

August 30, 2015

....from the field of mice, men and the broad beans of wrath

February 05, 2015

Field Studies Man in E11 engages his half-boiled vegetable matter in a propagational dilemma, and indulges in his manurial preoccupations yet again. Time was when we could sow broad beans directly into the soil and witness their glorious springtime emergence. This winter has seen our beans disappear from our raised beds well before that welcome leafy transformation. Where have they gone? Who or what has taken the beans? Our suspicions lay with the mice because of the precision, thoroughness, and neatness of the excavations. The delicate shell like remains of beans lay on the surface by regimented holes and, occasionally, a dismembered bean sprout or two. The remains have caused grave expressions and vengeful glances towards where the little ones might be hiding. Row upon row has been plundered. How many mice are there that might have caused such consistent damage? If not a plague, then indeed we may be afflicted by a very nasty bout ...