Hedge Laying and Culture Wars
December 20, 2021
Regular readers of this nonsense will know I'm a big fan of not just hedges, but also hedge laying. The National Hedgelaying Society is one of the ...
The Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme
December 3, 2021
I'm not by nature a curmudgeonly old cynic, I promise, but I'm getting pretty provoked.
I was excited in 2018 listening to Michael Gove talking ab...
No Time For Party Politics
November 9, 2021
The Environment Bill is in the very last stages of a long and painful labour. Its final amendments - including on the independence of the new envir...
Kicking Up a Stink
October 27, 2021
Back in May I wrote a blog about 7 causes we could all get behind, which I thought were relatively easy wins. One of them was cleaning up our river...
Floodplain Meadows
October 16, 2021
Floodplain meadows are a fascinating, ancient and hugely useful landscape feature. Why don't we value them more?
It's Up To Us
September 15, 2021
We shouldn't wait for government - we need to sort this mess out ourselves.
A Little Knowledge...
August 11, 2021
We need more experts.
Green Roof Update
July 22, 2021
There's a good reason we don't have stairs up to our green roof. It's one of my happy places - if I didn't have to drag my ladder out of the garage...
Barn Owls - A Story Of Our Times
July 3, 2021
A rare venture into the world of charismatic megafauna! Experiences of the lovely barn owl.
Dirty Rivers
February 26, 2021
(Nearly) everyone loves a beaver.
Neonicotinoids And Climate Change
January 17, 2021
Neonicotinoids again. Nightmare.
Unwild
January 13, 2021
Rewilding... yes but no but.
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