a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

this rather magnificent climber is black bryony, the only native member of the yam family. It climbs by curling invariably in a clockwise...

Although winter and spring have been exceptionally mild and frost-free some plants have been quite slow to appear.  At long last the orch...

Rowden lane is marked by the red dashes, and runs from the crossroads at the top of Pound Lane (the entrance is next to the field where i...

Although the bluebells are past their best in the woods, they continue to flourish in shadier areas like this stretch of Rowden lane, an o...

The hawthorn is out! and nothing goes to waste around here, exotic fallen Camelia flower tea

It's in the genes, Spot following in his mother's footsteps (see link ).