Read More“It has been almost three years to the day since we moved into our new home and the obsessive naturalist in me has kept a species list for the garden since day one. Looking over it recently, I am slightly taken aback by the length and breadth of it so I thought it might be worth sharing my findings, three years on from acquiring a garden full of potential, but one crying out for some positive adjustments.”
Intricate Relations
Read More"The variation in fungi types is incredibly vast but for this blog I will focus solely on the tree rotters, organisms that directly cause the wood tissues to decay and break down in variegated ways."
A Symbiotic Alliance
Read More“For my first writings of 2024, I thought I’d go for something slightly more unconventional. We’ve all seen them on a woodland walk, on dry stone walls, fallen twigs or even on roadside trees, but they tend to at a glance be quite unassuming commodities and ones to which many will just be passersby.“
Guest writer for the Beaver Trust.
National Treesures
Read More“Perhaps the reason why as a species, we are so attached to trees is that we are not so dissimilar ourselves.”
Bloggin' in the Tree World
Read More“The oak is a symbol, an icon and the true fabric of why I believe trees to be the most perfect example of life on earth. Trees like the oak aren’t just mere wood and leaf, they are an animation of existence entirely in their own right.”