To burn or not to burn (Mar24)
Are fires the best way of getting rid of garden waste or clearing landscapes? I believe that the answer is generally ‘no’! But garden bonfires are ubiquitous and even conservation bodies are using burning as part of their land management plans – for example burning the brash from hedge-laying or [...]
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The Electric Palace in Bridport was packed. The Bridport Literary Festival or Bridlit had managed to get [...]
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Why do scything & wilding go hand in hand (oct23)
Our scything day was joyous. Watching the scythers sweep through the grass was a totally [...]
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Our Wilding Weekend Was Wonderful! (Jun23)
It was tremendously exciting to get such positive feedback from visitors to our Wilding Weekend [...]
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No Fence Farming in Romania (May23)
We cycled for over 100 miles and didn’t go through a gate. The Transylvanian landscape [...]
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We’re going to the Big One – Friday 21st April 2023
The invitation is for everybody to Unite to Survive at ‘The Big One’ – a four-day action [...]
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Sheep are like locusts (Apr23)
A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path – wildflowers, buds, [...]
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Rubbish In Indonesia (Mar23)
It felt like Armageddon. We went on a ‘nature bike ride’, but the trip highlights [...]
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INSPIRATIONAL HOTELS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb23)
We weren’t far from Singapore, but it was another world. Two tropical Indonesian islands to [...]
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Wild about Wilding (Jan23)
We organised the very first Wilding Weekend in June 2022, at our home in West [...]
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Second Wilding Weekend in June 2023 (Jan23)
Come to our next Wilding Weekend on 17th and 18th June 2023. We’ll be opening [...]
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Our new Environment Minister is a disaster (Nov22)
I couldn’t believe it when I saw this video of Thérèse Coffey, the new Secretary [...]
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Swimming in sewage (Aug22)
I was very surprised to be told by the Environment Agency that no-one should be [...]
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Wild about Knepp (May22)
My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this 3500-acre [...]
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Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea (Apr22)
It felt magical. We walked through the thick tangled forest and yet only meters away [...]
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