{"id":6746,"date":"2024-06-14T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2024-06-25T19:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:11:30","slug":"golden-heather-now-in-bloom-in-the-backands-14jun2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6746","title":{"rendered":"Golden Heather now in bloom in the Backands 14Jun2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wrote\u00a0 Joshua Barss Donham this am, with pics attached:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Golden Heather is now in bloom transforming patches of unassuming scrubby vegetation into carpets of brilliant yellow. A particular patch that I\u2019ve been keeping an eye on, thirty metres so from the AlabasterWay\/Osprey Ridge trailhead, was a hub of activity yesterday morning with tricolour bumble bees, honey bees, mason bees, and hover flies congregating \u2026 lots of pollinating going on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1.IMG_7035.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6747\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1.IMG_7035.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1.IMG_7035.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1.IMG_7035-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3.IMG_7058.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6753\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3.IMG_7058-300x181.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3.IMG_7058-300x181.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3.IMG_7058.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4.IMG_6878.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6752\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4.IMG_6878-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4.IMG_6878-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4.IMG_6878.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2.IMG_7165.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6754\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2.IMG_7165-300x215.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2.IMG_7165-300x215.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2.IMG_7165.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8.IMG_7070.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6748\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8.IMG_7070-300x223.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8.IMG_7070-300x223.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8.IMG_7070.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.IMG_7086.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6749\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.IMG_7086-300x234.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.IMG_7086-300x234.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.IMG_7086.jpeg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.IMG_6896.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6750\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.IMG_6896-300x219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.IMG_6896-300x219.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.IMG_6896.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5.IMG_6820.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6751\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5.IMG_6820-300x226.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5.IMG_6820-300x226.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5.IMG_6820.jpeg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrote\u00a0 Joshua Barss Donham this am, with pics attached: &#8220;The Golden Heather is now in bloom transforming patches of unassuming scrubby vegetation into carpets of brilliant yellow. 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