Wishing all my readers a happy and fruitful 2014. Read More
A new dawn – a new year
Trees in the Pyrenees
Regular readers will know that I’ve been distracted by deadlines for completing the writing of The New Sylva. The book is almost ready to go to the printers and for the first time in over a year I’ve had some time to do something else with my time over the weekend. I’ve started to look… Read More
Winter solstice treescape
Pacific northwest forest ecosystem in Scotland
As part of the research for my book, The New Sylva, I visited recently a remarkable place in Scotland where many so-called exotic coniferous species are not only thriving but are forming a functioning forest ecosystem similar to that found in the Pacific northwest of America. There are … Read More
