There is a strange autumn visiting. It is like the autumn of old, and yet it carries with it indicators of spring, and there are many round us which it makes...
Charlie, Is the pic Crataegus Laevigata? - the Haws seem very large. I have just planted Crataegus Scraderiana (an asian variety I think) but it has yet to ...
Sorry Jonathan, You have the advantage of me. I have no idea what variety of hawthorn this is or any hawthorn for that matter. The plant is considered a...
Thank you for that picture, Charlie. Not only was it beautiful, it was also eerie and unsettling. As you say, we will pay for our excesses and nature is...
Hell Helen It makes me laugh too. What people really mean is they are recycling to extend human habitation on the planet becuase we are heading for extinction...
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Apr 10, 2007 9:45 am
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I enjoyed this site so much I wanted to share MLG http://www.pooktre.com/...
... cutting it down ,I didnt plant it.It came up in 3 .It was so persistent ,I braided it together one day and have been twisting the branches .I guess 3 or 4...
In a message dated 23/04/2007 07:07:21 GMT Standard Time, mlgstudy@... ... Thanks for sharing that with us - that's what I call patience!! Helen, Haldor...
Hello everyone I really enjoyed the tree shaping site. Makes me feel inspired. I like lots of art in the garden anyway and the more natural the better. I...
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Apr 24, 2007 11:36 am
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Just wanted to say hello. I am 39, live in Glasgow and follow a druid path. I feel very inspired by trees and am keen to learn more. Thanks for letting me join...
Hello Jeanne A Glaswegian Druid eh? well welcome. I suspect that you will be a wealth of information about trees given your chosen path. Look forward to...
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Hello Jeanne and welcome. I'm not that far down the road in Newcastle. anna ronigail@... wrote: Hello Jeanne A Glaswegian Druid eh? well welcome. I...
thanks for the welcome back Charlie, and boy what a lot I've missed! I've been reading through some of the recent posts and came across yours about your...
I love the image you've planted here Charlie. We've had similar problems with our old cherry tree. Every year we watch patiently as the cherries form and it...
... Hello Jeanne, Sounds interesting. I suppose those of us who live simply, simply live, much in the way nature intended? I have to admit to knowing nothing...
... Welcome back Mouldy. I have eaten the berries of the hawthorn without anything else, and though they taste a bit mealy when older these are quite sweet...
Ive always had in interested in all things druid, but so far have allowed my life path to be focused on nutrition and things like that, I look forward to...
I found another web page that I thought many of your would enjoy. I'm going to send it to some relatives as well because it seems the site about shaping trees...
Co-Habitation- by Ivy Mulligan Green leaves on a hardy stem twisting ever on toward the light budding growth forever reaching to renewal. Vines slide across...
I liked this Ivycoyote and an ivy weaving its way, like a may-pole ribbon (only upward, instead of down) is the image it presented to my mind. Ivy has always...
I loved the poem. Brilliant imagery. I liked the site for flowers from maple leaves too. it never ceases to amaze me what's out there. For beltane this year...
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Hello Everyone, There has been some rain here in this part of Oz where we live. Enough to make us believe there may be more to come. It is very dry yet, and...
Hello everyone, Since we've had a bit of rain tagasaste are vigorously growing and volunteering all over the place. In some places the seedlings are thick as ...
Hello Charlie and everyone. It seems that we are all enjoying the same mixed up seasons lately. I had been blaming the unusually wet May weather on the curse...
Hello, has anyone been to Nine Ladies stone circle and seen the tree that is bent over by the wind, it's along one of the foot paths to Nine Ladies, near the...
Yes, seasons are a bit weird this year. The early spring had birds nesting early and here in the North West that seems to have paid off - the fledglings are...
Hi Helen and all, I'm glad to hear the fledglings made it on your side of the water. We're only in Little Sutton and most seem not to have made it here, at ...
I am interested in the growing of herbs and dearly love trees. I work in a school. I have managed to get loads of hedgerow/copse trees for the children from...