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Willow song

Willow song

A weed is a plant in the wrong place. The sound of chainsaws resonated across our garden at breakfast this morning. That huge, beautiful, pesky willow was being cut down! Long-term readers of this blog - how I pity you - will recall how this misplaced tree, on top of...

The trials of a symbiotic relationship

The trials of a symbiotic relationship

ctually, I'm not sure that it's real symbiosis, because it's not clear what the  New Zealand Tree Ferns get out of it, but they provide lots of lovely little niches in which woodlice can make their homes. It must be annoying for them that someone...

Early morning visitor

Early morning visitor

I was delighted to see this little fox in my garden early this morning. I'm not sure if she's the same one who was a frequent visitor last summer, even venturing into the kitchen one evening, but I've been thinking about her, so I hope it is. I'm not sure she was...