When is parsley not a herb . . . . .

. . . . .  when it's a fern!

A warm and sunny day here, but with a gusty NE wind, which shows just how exposed our house is when the wind's from that direction. 

I've been continuing the repair of the fence along the deck - fortunately it's somewhat sheltered by the house on this side, but still pretty breezy.

It's unlikely that I'll be going away from the house this afternoon, so here's a Blip of one of my favourite ferns. It's the so-called Parsley fern, Cryptogramma crispa, a name which trips beautifully off the tongue! It's a native fern of western Britain at fairly high altitude on acidic rocks and at many other high locations in Northern Europe and Asia. It grows wonderfully on the drystone walls of the Kirkstone Pass in Cumbria and not far away from here on the hills around Loch Etive.

I've also seen it growing well on slate spoil in an old quarry above Rosneath, on the Clyde. see https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3979953  I shall have no difficulty in acquiring some slate debris in which to grow it living as we do close to the so-called Slate Islands - and when, of course, my walls are finished!