Close to Nature Forestry in Leitrim

September 30, 2022May 31, 2022dermymcnally Leave a comment

A forest visit in Leitrim where the owner is working to strike a balance between balancing the requirements of nature and economic return.

Extract: Wilding, The Return of Nature to a British Farm…

January 3, 2020January 1, 2020dermymcnally Leave a comment

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...

The Mushroom Trail

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019dermymcnally Leave a comment

Where not all is at it seems....

Strange Wild Things

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019dermymcnally Leave a comment

Nature keeps giving and we keep taking...

You Fooled Us All

January 16, 2019December 8, 2020dermymcnally Leave a comment

A short poem to honour the uplifting return of the humble snowdrop....

Little Miracles of Nature: Two Shrubs in a Tree!

January 11, 2019January 12, 2019dermymcnally 1 Comment

I was drawn to this evergreen tree by the yellow buds on the tips of the branches and then spotted this: two shrubs growing up in the tree and I thought it worth sharing with the world 🙂 The larger leafy shrub is some kind of a laurel I suspect and the smaller one below … Continue reading Little Miracles of Nature: Two Shrubs in a Tree!