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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WASPERTON
A SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE

Updated March 2023

March buys winter's cloak and
sells it three days afterwards.

A simply marvellous saying stating that a spell of cold weather in late winter is always short. The excellent results showed that on 78% of occasions, the cold nip lasted under four days.

Now this saw is probably the most quoted:
March black lamb
comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

Normally March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lion but the reverse gets a much better result at 54% as against 19%.

March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion.

March normally starts with a cold stormy period with strong north winds. A quiet time in the middle of the month with anti-cyclonic weather. it will do what it wants to do, however. It will help in the Churchyard if we do get a bit of a dry spell in March. Crumbs, we start the mowing again next month, yes not too much rain, please!

I was having a look at the bug boxes which do need repair, mostly refilling. "What are bug boxes?" I hear you say: I won't say boxes for Bugs! They are weatherproof containers fixed to trees mostly, well off the ground out of the wet, containing hollow stems, like straw and dry cow-parsley stems up to pea shooter diameter. These provide a safe winter hideaway for many different insects. Right, must get on with that.

The early bulbs have done very well this year in spite of the couple of very cold spells in December last and January. Mind you it was very mild in early winter. Nature knows what to do and is much better when we don't interfere. I'm very fond of the snowdrops, so many different varieties which give us blooms over a long period and of course the winter aconites. So yellow, bright, and early. All good. The sun is warmer on the shed door when I put my hand on the black hinges and the real joy of Spring is here again - always the same but feels different somehow. Funny.

Do have a toddle through the Churchyard on a good day, you are always welcome and thanks for your support.

Mike Porter
01926 624909

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