At the invitation of Suffolk Tree Wardens. Met by Gerard from the Parish Council, who now owned the wood for the last 10-15 years, and Peter Holborn, who'd been involved in planting the wood in 1987, the year of the great storm. The useful hard standing on which we parked, was made when they engineered… Continue reading Gallowsfield Wood
Category: 2023
Farmer Clive to the Land
Clive and Tinks came to the land late July, and gave me hope. Clive was actually impressed with my burgeoning tree nursery, the whips surviving well in the ditch and in water, thanks also to the wonderful wet summer we are having. We walked through the field, alive with butterflies enjoying the thistle heads: Spear… Continue reading Farmer Clive to the Land
Land mid july – thistle ragwort borage
Captains wood with Peter
Another inspiring walk talk organised by Eamon and Peter and Woodbridge Climate Action, this one to learn how to interpret landscape. Turns out Peter knew Oliver Rackham, the master interpreter of landscape. But Peter was a good live interpreter, and I learned much. Captains Wood - the name tells us it's not an ancient name,… Continue reading Captains wood with Peter
Mares fart or ragwort or shining blossoms of rich sunshine?
This drought year it’s arrived. It is my crop especially at field margins. I’m re-reading the chapter of Isabella Tree's book Wilding. She writes well, and captures the public and private debate around ragwort - her first had experience is not unlike my own. She cites Professor Michael Crawley of Imperial College (3R's Ragowort, Rabbits… Continue reading Mares fart or ragwort or shining blossoms of rich sunshine?
Pound Farm – with Woodbridge Climate Action and Peter Hudson
This is one reason I so enjoy the walk talk of Peter Hudson. 'And this temperature is before El Nino and the change of the Jetstream.. Europe is experiencing bands of hot temperatures now. It was a hot day. In the meadow I am so jealous of, amid the many grasses, grow yellow and purple… Continue reading Pound Farm – with Woodbridge Climate Action and Peter Hudson
Hedgerows
(From Jamie) 'Consultation on Protecting Hedgerows' – DEFRA Hedgerows are important ecological building blocks across our landscapes. They provide habitat, act as wildlife corridors, slow soil erosion and water run-off, support crop pollinators and sequester carbon. As we replace the EU’s land-based subsidies with our new farming schemes, we also move away from cross compliance… Continue reading Hedgerows
Green Print forum news
Latest Green Print forum has a story of the Land and Kinda tribes.https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Environment/Green-Issues/Newsletters/2023/Greenprint-Forum-newsletter-Summer-2023.pdf greenprint-forum-newsletter-summer-2023Download
David Kings wood
I've been reluctant to move out of my small orbit I noticed. Too stuck behind a computer screen. Remember those lock down days when we visited a wood a week? David King of Kings Landscaping spoke to me a while ago about his wood, and noticing this stay at homeness in me, asked if I… Continue reading David Kings wood
Bat Bunker
Bat Bunker made by the great Goz. Modeled on the one at Holton Hall Park, it has 2 bat bricks attached to the ceiling of the bunker, and an area for water catchment to encourage bat food to enter, mosquitoes.
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