Chilli Harvest
This year I reduced the number of chilli plants that I grew, but increased the variety. As you can probably tell from this photo, I…
Tag: plants
The Dales Turtle
Once I’ve got my bearings in a new area I like to look for features that will act as friendly reminders. This woodland on the…
Weather to Go East
The two pictures above show two sides of the same bridleway signpost on the South Downs Way. The arrows both point east and there is…
Jurassic Coast
My thanks to Richard, who sent in this picture from a lad’s walking weekend along the Jurassic Coast. He was given a private course as…
Sun on the Beech
Last night I went for a run through some beech woodland. The perfect tonic after twelve hours straight on the book.
Welcome to Lichen Land
Two nights ago the strong winds brought an ivy-ravaged sycamore down into our garden, destroying two fences and killing an apple sapling in the process.…
Flowers and Blazes
A walk in the woods yesterday revealed some natural and unnatural clues. This primrose, the only one in the area, was unsurprisingly in a south-facing…
Green Tinged Trees
Picking up on a theme I touched on a few days ago, it is remarkable and delightful how differently we all see the world. Yesterday…
A Tale of Two Tree Stumps
I ran a small private course yesterday and enjoyed a wonderfully ironic moment. It was almost embarrassing. The first half of the day was spent…