September in the Garden
September 6, 2018
Things are beginning to look knackered in the garden in September. You might think it's time to cut back some of those long flowering perennials wh...
Things Fall Apart
July 16, 2018
From time to time I used to suffer from what doctors call "anxiety" - I guess a form of mild depression, which I've learnt how to manage over the y...
The Green Economy in the UK... What's Missing
June 29, 2018
According to Wikipedia, the green economy is one which "aims at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and... aims for sustainable...
The Ecological Apocalypse (Again)
June 12, 2018
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Chris Packham hit the headlines this weekend by announcing that the UK was facing an ecological apocalypse. Yikes. He...
Weed or Wildflower? Which is Which?
March 29, 2018
I always tell punters one man's weed is another one's wildflower. I'm not sure that's strictly true in most cases. Problematic plants? I know dande...
House Sparrows
March 23, 2018
For fellow baby boomers, the demise of house sparrows is an obvious and distressing sign of the crisis in nature around us. In a week when we celeb...
Will We Get a Green Brexit?
March 16, 2018
Many years ago I failed Latin A Level. My friend Tim and I sat slumbering at the back of a set full of classicists who all - except for us - went o...
Common Ground
February 16, 2018
Common Ground is a wonderfully slippery fish. It's a charity founded by Sue Clifford and Angela King, which according to its unique website "seek(s...
Green Crap Redux
January 11, 2018
David Cameron's "green crap" moment was deeply depressing. Not just because of the policy change it indicated, but because it suggested the elector...
Farmland - Does It Really Matter and What Should We Do With It?
January 4, 2018
Much interest in Michael Gove's prognostications on farmland subsidies today. This is a really important issue for environmentalists - perhaps more...
Neonicotinoids in Rivers
December 13, 2017
The neonicotinoids fiasco has so many familiar elements it's turning into a classic of its kind. Widespread use of a largely untested pesticide has...
Back From The Brink ("BftB")
November 16, 2017
I popped up to Windsor Great Park yesterday for the launch of a project called "Back From The Brink", or BftB. What a fascinating time I had.
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