Trees For Votes
November 17, 2019
You can only be encouraged by the tree planting bidding war going on between our politicians at the moment, I suppose. 30 million trees, 60 millio...
Best Trees For Windbreaks
January 25, 2019
Before we start, a little about what a windbreak actually is. What's the difference between it and a shelterbelt or hedge? What are you looking fo...
Planting or Not Planting Woodland
November 28, 2018
A little while ago I was involved in a great nonsense about wildflower seeds. Plantlife, the wildflower charity, essentially said all wildflower se...
A Little Knowledge...
October 23, 2018
I had a great weekend, brushing up my little knowledge. On Saturday I was at the mighty Bumblebee Conservation Trust's (BBCT) members' day in Cardi...
How Not To Plant "Woodland"
October 14, 2018
There's a great and commendable enthusiasm about tree planting in the UK. We know the reasons why. Every year, especially when the floods come, peo...
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...
The Cricket Field Oak
January 28, 2018
In winter when I do the washing up I can see the Cricket Field Oak. It's usually through Somerset rain which, as you can see, has left its mark ove...
Habitat Restoration
January 9, 2018
"Make it so", booms Jean-Luc Picard. And snick snack snorum, it is made so.If only life were as simple as it is aboard the USS Enterprise. And if o...
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...
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.
Da...
Hedge Planting In The Wet
February 5, 2016
Hedge and copse scheme, Cambridgeshire.
By my reckoning, this bare root planting season the Habitat Aid hedge elves will have planted something ...
Flooding... Yet Again. Why Are We Ignoring Some Simple Answers?
December 8, 2015
It's not surprising that flooding is an issue much discussed hereabouts. I've blogged about it in 2013 and 2014, so hey, why not now too. It is a p...
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