An Irish perspective on assisted natural regeneration of forestry....
Environment
Extract: T.C. Boyles A Friend of the Earth.
A quote from T. C. Boyles, A Friend of the Earth.... ‘To be a friend of the earth, you have to be an enemy of the people’.
Extract: Wilding, The Return of Nature to a British Farm…
Extract from Wilding, The Return of Nature to a British Farm...by Isabella Tree. The author makes the point that the areas with most remaining biodiversity are sometimes the last place you'd imagine finding it...
Got a few spare acres of land?
One landowner in Tyrone, Ireland decided to work with nature, with astonishing results.
Farming gone wild
Disillusioned with conventional large scale farming, the owners of Knepp Castle Estate decided to go wild....
Resilient Forestry at Leinster House — Pro Silva Ireland
Continuous Cover Forestry consultant Paddy Purser and Chair of Pro Silva Ireland, Liam Byrne before presenting a statement to Joint Committee on Climate Action at the Oireachtas (Houses of the Irish Parliament), Dublin on behalf of Pro Silva Ireland. 11 December 2019. Photo: Cathy Fitzgerald. Pro Silva Ireland presented continuous cover forestry as a […] via … Continue reading Resilient Forestry at Leinster House — Pro Silva Ireland
Biofarm 19 – farming for a sustainable future…
An article about the future of sustainable farming that I've borrowed from Clive Bright of RareRuminare and also the Organic Trust.
Pesticides Silencing Nature
A synopsis of recent evidence pointing to the terrible damage being wrought by neonicotinoids.
The Mushroom Trail
Where not all is at it seems....
Old Man of the Woods
The Old Man of the Woods: a carving of Lord Kilbracken in the woods at Killegar House, Co Leitrim.
