When I first visited Highgate Cemetery 20 odd years ago most of it looked like this – and indeed, much of it still does. Lush, wild and woolly, a haven for wild life. It is after all a wild life reserve. But what of the graves? Even the upright ones are buried in ivy – …
Nesting boxes
An email from London Wildlife this week reminded me not only that it was the Big Garden Bird Watch weekend (if you hurry you could still get in your hour’s watching this afternoon) but that it is well time to think about installing nesting boxes in your garden if you want to attract some bird …
‘Our’ tree – part of the Queen’s Green Canopy….
Planted out with our own fair hands. It may not look much now but it is part of a 70th Jubilee project, the Queen’s Green Canopy, to plant a million trees across Britain in the queen’s name during the jubilee year. Since tree planting cannot happen during summer months, the project has extended its deadline …
Yet more trees – but this time Veteran trees
Do you know the difference between an ancient tree and a veteran tree? No, nor did I until enlightened by Heath Hands Jo on a veteran tree walk around the heath last Friday. Sadly, because we had a Salon Music concert that evening, I had to peel off before we were even half way through …
More tree trouble….
But this time serious tree trouble….. The large oak which stood at the edge of Millfield Lane opposite the Stock Pond causeway. I saw it on my way back aross the heath this afternoon and stopped to talk to Ranger Paul who was trying to clear a gulley beneath its torn up roots to let …
Can I tell you about my mimosa tree?…..
Those of you who followed the development of the garden saga will know that last year I planted a mimosa at the back of the patio to try and shield me from Mr U’s garages – and it has been growing with GREAT vim and vigour ever since. It has three stems or trunks and …