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Ferry Wood – December sunset and fallen leaves
Yesterday Carina, Capucine and I were in the wood pulling rhododendron seedlings. It was barely 4pm and the sun was down, but we could still see. Nearly all the oak leaves are now lying on the woodland floor, making an
Ferry Wood – December sunset and fallen leaves
Yesterday Carina, Capucine and I were in the wood pulling rhododendron seedlings. It was barely 4pm and the sun was down, but we could still see. Nearly all the oak leaves are now lying on the woodland floor, making an
How to look after a SSSI – step 1
Becoming the custodians of a rare woodland is exciting and somewhat daunting. It feels like a big responsibility. Apparently upland oak woods are really rare in global terms (although by the coast, it is still classed as upland as conditions
How to look after a SSSI – step 1
Becoming the custodians of a rare woodland is exciting and somewhat daunting. It feels like a big responsibility. Apparently upland oak woods are really rare in global terms (although by the coast, it is still classed as upland as conditions
Bee-yond the Beeline Walk
Meg has recently walked from Edinburgh to her home in Lanarkshire highlighting the lack of floral diversity in our countryside. This post (posted by paulscribbles) explains how Meg encountered a desert in terms of wildflowers (the only floral highlight was
Bee-yond the Beeline Walk
Meg has recently walked from Edinburgh to her home in Lanarkshire highlighting the lack of floral diversity in our countryside. This post (posted by paulscribbles) explains how Meg encountered a desert in terms of wildflowers (the only floral highlight was
Sound of Gigha
Visual artists (Julia Love Griffiths and Ann Thomas) and myself as a writer have come together to create a coastal meditation on a tiny area of West Scotland’s seaboard. We have used a variety of media including paintings and line
Sound of Gigha
Visual artists (Julia Love Griffiths and Ann Thomas) and myself as a writer have come together to create a coastal meditation on a tiny area of West Scotland’s seaboard. We have used a variety of media including paintings and line
Rhododendron at Ferry Wood
The big managemenent issue at Ferry Wood is Rhododendron ponticum, the scourge of upland oakwoods on the west coast of Britain. There have been efforts to remove it from the wood for over 20 years and it still has a
Rhododendron at Ferry Wood
The big managemenent issue at Ferry Wood is Rhododendron ponticum, the scourge of upland oakwoods on the west coast of Britain. There have been efforts to remove it from the wood for over 20 years and it still has a
Ferry Wood
As a family we have recently brought a 40 acre oakwood in Argyll, in South Knapdale at the northern entrance to the West Loch, which separates Knapdale from Kintyre. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of
Ferry Wood
As a family we have recently brought a 40 acre oakwood in Argyll, in South Knapdale at the northern entrance to the West Loch, which separates Knapdale from Kintyre. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of
Caledonian pinewoods
Recently I was in the Tyndrum area and made a pilgrimage to one of the Caledonian pinewoods immortalised in Steven and Carlisle’s famous book. The two men, academics at Aberdeen University, identified in the 1950’s the threat to Scotland’s remaining
Caledonian pinewoods
Recently I was in the Tyndrum area and made a pilgrimage to one of the Caledonian pinewoods immortalised in Steven and Carlisle’s famous book. The two men, academics at Aberdeen University, identified in the 1950’s the threat to Scotland’s remaining
Exploitation: an Elephant in the Room
A lot has been said about the Climate Change being “the elephant in the room.” It’s the topic that lies behind everything spoken, but is invisible; not talked about despite being so important. Well, hopefully the Paris Agreement has changed
Exploitation: an Elephant in the Room
A lot has been said about the Climate Change being “the elephant in the room.” It’s the topic that lies behind everything spoken, but is invisible; not talked about despite being so important. Well, hopefully the Paris Agreement has changed
Laying a hedge
I’ve just finished laying a hedge in the garden of Daisy Cottage, Tarbert. I think it may have been around 30 years old. Over the years it had received some pruning but in a haphazard way, largely to keep it
Laying a hedge
I’ve just finished laying a hedge in the garden of Daisy Cottage, Tarbert. I think it may have been around 30 years old. Over the years it had received some pruning but in a haphazard way, largely to keep it
Gardening, reasoning and feeling compassion
I recently read something by the great science fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin, writing in the Guardian review. She said: “The idea, so powerful in 2oth Century literature, that the slow processes of creation are less interesting, less real,
Gardening, reasoning and feeling compassion
I recently read something by the great science fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin, writing in the Guardian review. She said: “The idea, so powerful in 2oth Century literature, that the slow processes of creation are less interesting, less real,
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