Tony's Blog

The last school at which I taught had, in its grounds, a very large Indian Bean Tree, Catalpa bignonioides . In July it bore masses of its l...

I have, for some time, been considering a blog on the subject of the Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus . There seems no logical reason for this a...

I made a visit earlier today to Byfield Pocket Park with the intention of continuing my survey of an adjacent patch of what had been sheep...

Such botanical expertise as I possess is underused and rusty so it was pleasing to met two out-of-the-ordinary species today. Something to ...

We are all surely familiar with the old limerick:                              There was a young woman called Myrtle,                    ...

Just a month ago, i.e  on the 4th July, I made a visit to a nearby housing development, still under construction. The feature which caught m...

I have frequently broached the subject of nettles, and will doubtless do so again. They are ubiquitous, memorable (thanks to their never-to-...