Category: Landscape
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Winter Solstice on Gibbet Hill
It wasn’t the most picturesque winter solstice up on Gibbet Hill, Hindhead, Surrey….. but in my mind it was all…. Happy Winter Solstice!
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3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts
Where I find myself in Ontario Canada introducing the technique of hedge-laying and discovering social-ecological complexity, Novel Ecosystems theory and Community Supported Agriculture along the way I’m writing this blog as US Citizens go to the polls and a baked potato crisps in the oven, getting ready for a date with…
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Oakridge Moth Night (aka Tarn’s Sleep-over Shenanigans!)
I’m a novice at moth trapping and have been meaning to get to grips with moths for some time now. I couldn’t resist the opportunity to provide a bit of entertainment for my nephew Tarn when his best friend Ross came around for a sleepover on a sunny evening. Tarn’s house in Dorking is a…
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Encounters In The Wild: Hare by Jim Crumley. A review of sorts
“….what makes you think the Hare is done with night just because she kicked a badger in the ribs?” Ever since the days when I thought I might be a druid, the Hare, along with the bear and the wolf, has been an animal of power and magic in my imagination. This triptych is with…
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Creative communities utilise social media to express development in flood plain concerns
Communities across Britain, particularly in the North of England ,are again suffering from the effects of flooding. In Surrey where I live and work, flooding is in the news after a very wet winter, although so far we haven’t seen a repeat of the disastrous floods of 2013/14 which caused much distress to and damage to property…
James T Jones 