Tony's Blog

Everyone is familiar with this plant even if they call it Wake Robin, Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies or even Dogs' Dillies. I was pleas...

A curious topic, but in this area the litter bins in parks and other open spaces are made of some sort of black composite material and on se...

Mistletoe is a rare plant in Northamptonshire. In fact its best-known site, in the grounds of Burghley House, is no longer in our county but...

I would have liked the stile to be time-warped, fissured and encrusted with moss and lichen - but Kentle Wood, barely fifteen years old, isn...

This tree, with its graceful, pinnate leaves, is familiar to us all. Even in the depths of winter its soot-black buds are unmistakable and, ...

It was off to Daventry in the morning. The brilliant sun gave spring-like conditions - but it was deceptive. True, the snow had disappeared ...

We awoke to the first significant snow of the winter, a south-east wind having brought about an inch of the stuff. The growth of early Crocu...