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Matt

@keepgoingleft.bsky.social
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Professional gardener. Horticulture, orchids, nature, ecology, rewilding etc. If it’s not raining or dark you’ll find me outdoors.

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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The introduction of new kitten continues (week 3!) 😒. The curmudgeonly one is still resisting. So supervised visits still necessary. Kitten’s crime? Apparently smells funny… and possibly too cute. #catsofbluesky #kitten #caturday
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I think me and this stoat surprised each other today. They seem to have a den in an old pipe at the back of the pond. When I’d backed away enough, off they went, hunting in the meadow. #stoat
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Knockout sunrise this morning over the Long Mynd. I can’t remember when we last had such a long, cold spell. 🥶 Praise be to the god of greenhouse heaters.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Taters 🥶
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I love a spider Orchid and this one is looking awesome in the greenhouse at the moment. Brassia ‘Sea Breeze’ #orchid
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Taking a mushy stroll to the neighbours for a belated mince pie. Hope this melts before freezing again 🫤
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Never trust a Shropshire puddle. 🕳️ #shropshire #pothole
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
It might be -3C outside, but you wouldn’t know it looking at Paph USA. 8 years old and still putting the hot in hothouse 🔥 #orchid
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This little box of springs came to live with us a few days ago. Bluesky, meet Kenzo. #catsofbsky #cats #kitten
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
A much needed (mince pie powered) walk up the lane to the Long Mynd. Home now to make left overs soup (not mice pies). #shropshire #Longmynd
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
You’d think she pays the bills #catlife #caturday #catsofBsky
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A little late for Christmas - A big Mistletoe at the Shropshire Discovery Centre. Low down on its host apple tree too so good to get up close 🧐
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Green chilli sauce making this aft. Home grown green chillis obvz, lots of garlic, rice vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil and lots of lime juice for zing. Bosh! Straight in the freezer to go with, er, everything! #homegrown #chilli
Recycled jars
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Candlesnuff fungus in the orchard. It’s bioluminescent apparently.. I’m going home now though, so you’ll have to take my word for it. #Funghi
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It’s raining… again. So an afternoon of seed sowing and potting up for me. With my greenhouse buddy 🐸 Orchid Restrepia guttulata in flower too - gorgeous.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Cor, brass monkeys! 🥶 A good day for a seed stock take I think.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
One last push for the bulb planting. 300 mixed Daffs to go and I’m done. The cattle grid is my finish line 🏁
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
In between the rain.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Back home to snowy Shropshire. Checking in on the greenhouse to see that the heater is still working 😮‍💨 Dendrobium cumulatum still in flower. #orchid
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Keswick and back today via Grasmere and Thirlmere. Lots of low flying jets over the lakes (one way flying S to N to minimise risk apparently). *Zoom in on the dot. #cumbria
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Cartmel Fell, Windermere.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This is one of those inspirational quotes, right?
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Retracing R’s childhood steps today. Up and over Kirkstone pass to the new Pooley Bridge to see the fam memorial stone. Then a walk to Dacre for pub grub and just catch the sunset on the way home. Still no red squirrels 😔
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Introduce yourself with 4 photos.
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Matt @keepgoingleft.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Morning Bluesky, I should probably kick this off. How about a pic from the top of Whitbarrow Fell in Cumbria?! The briefest of lunch stops over looking Morecambe bay.
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