A look at the southern Britain and West Country local dialect word "gert".

Chicken of the woods fungus on tree stump in early May Yesterday, we visited a favourite lane. It's the one which has the old ivy-covered...

Years ago now, I was walking on the South Downs on a new-to-me footpath. It was pretty and I'd been strolling for a while, lost in...

Birdsong and cow parsley, filmed today along an old holloway in southern Britain. What could be more perfect? And, just for good measure,...

I've been thinking about something recently and it begins with a few recurring themes I keep coming across in plant lore. It's about the...

With Spring comes the flowering of the male yew trees with small orange-toned flowers that are really never noticed unless you get closer...

Spring is in full force in the green lanes here in southern Britain and the weather is really warming up. It's such a change in just a...

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an easy to spot plant with vibrant heart shaped green leaves that are toothed around the edges,...

There's nothing more uplifting than a stroll in the woods. With the birds singing, and especially when the sun is shining, there's always...

... Or a question of What's wrong with this picture? Can you spot it? We had an interesting morning wandering in the woods. Certainly...

Woodlarking: To answer to the call of the wild, to wander in the woods and forage for useful things in Witchcraft. Here's a quick...

This week, we visited a beautiful and intriguing place. I stumbled upon it a couple of years ago and fell in love, then came back to it...