{"id":31,"date":"2018-12-05T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:43:39","slug":"growing-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Growing Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Growing Things<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>machair\u00a0<\/em>is the Gaelic name for the area of grassland that lies behind the sand-dunes. It is formed by the combination of the lime-rich shell sand and the acidic, peaty soil of the islands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_af9d.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_af9d-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_af9d-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_af9d-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_af9d-1024x678.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In summer this area becomes a fragrant flowery meadow and in Uig you can expect to see (but if you are like us not able to always identify!) lady\u2019s bedstraw, plantains, harebell, clover, silverweed, red rattle, devil\u2019s-bit scabious, frog orchid, marsh orchid etc, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_0044.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides having names that frequently sound as if you should be making an appointment at the G.P\u2019s \u2013 \u201cDoctor, my red rattle just doesn\u2019t seem to be clearing up\u201d or \u201c Please, could I have some cream for that unsightly devil\u2019s-bit scabious on the end of my nose?\u201d. The sight and smell of the machair in bloom is something not to be missed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_39b.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_39b-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_39b-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_39b-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_39b-1024x678.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0075-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0075-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0075.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Orchid in the croft (actually just outside our bedroom window!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Things The machair\u00a0is the Gaelic name for the area of grassland that lies behind the sand-dunes. 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