Being nailed down by Po was a pleasure today: blackbird singing , cool shade, Bo rocking up to draw brow, and I - with pencil - explored the muscular branches of hornbeam. Kali is there. Under the table. I drew a sketch of him.
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STW AGM Suffolk Verges
RNR - Roadside Nature Reserves Grassland not any trees Everyone a CWS or SSSI Managed by Suffolk County Council contractors, various cuts usually September and Feb Relies on volunteers to rake the grass away Partnership with SBIS supported by County 121 in Suffolk (10 for fungi) 90 Parishes have RNR 65% have dedicated wardens to… Continue reading STW AGM Suffolk Verges
Staverton with Suffolk Tree Wardens & Gary Battell
With the Suffolk Tree Wardens, a good turnout, with many who had never visited Staverton before. Ah Staverton virgins. A mid summers day, after a thunderstorm. Some notes from Gary's talk: 3,000 oaks here at Staverton, probably the worlds best Quercus robur woodland. Garry has been here 33 years. Staverton the name: Saxon, the place… Continue reading Staverton with Suffolk Tree Wardens & Gary Battell
No rain – tending Community garden
Returned from Cornwall, and still no rain. Looking down the tubes, I estimate the land has lost around 40% of the trees. 'With just 80.6mm recorded so far for the UK, Spring 2025 is, so far, currently ranking at the driest spring in over a century. The previous record low for the full season was… Continue reading No rain – tending Community garden
Bertie’s send off – literally
A gathering of many, mainly Suffolk moments in Bertie's life, arrived in the wood, some for the the first time like the Trustees of Dementia Carers Fund, and some regulars like Kally and Leslie and the Elders, Esther, Andrew and Wil. Pippa and Bertie's entire family had flown from East and West, north and south… Continue reading Bertie’s send off – literally
In search of Heritage Oaks – Savernakes Pot Belly, Judge Wymondam Oak, Ashbrittle Yew
After a rough night besdie the Windrush, and doubts that I should be doing this journey with an aging dog Kali, I hit paradise. Savernake forest. Dogs off lead, foopaths easy for Kali to follow, few people. Oh and amazing oaks. What took me here was a book entitled Heritage Oaks, commissioned by Forestry England… Continue reading In search of Heritage Oaks – Savernakes Pot Belly, Judge Wymondam Oak, Ashbrittle Yew
Staverton with Richard
April 2025
To fence or not to fence? YES FENCE
With two quotes of over 14,000 to fence the entire agro forestry area, somehow a piece meal with friends was so much easier to agree to. Sam leading, Ryan helping, it has been a joy to watch unfold. Precise, clear, project lead by Sam, precision measuring. We ordered through Kings, posts, chicken wire, ratchet wire… Continue reading To fence or not to fence? YES FENCE
Return to Reddingfield Wood and David Mitchell
https://kaliwood.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/visiting-david-mitchell-at-redingfield-wood/ Exactly 10 years ago I came to Reddingfield wood, in 2015. Then I went to see David at the recommendation of Sid Cooper, as someone who owned a wood who could give me advice and inspire me. Now I came at the invitation of Small woods, of which I am a paid up member,… Continue reading Return to Reddingfield Wood and David Mitchell
The Blessing of the land
Invitation to the Blessing of the Land, with Suzanne Arnold on equinox evening March 20th 2025. (Thank you to many others for these photographs) It was a perfect day. The cold east wind had dropped, the sky clear and lapis blue, the air still, and the sun the warmest it had been this year. After… Continue reading The Blessing of the land
