Mike Clough's Articles - Page 46
Invasive species – an alternate view…
There’s a battle being fought on our very doorsteps for the countryside that we take for granted…. but is it…
Nice pair
I’m always interested in invasive species stories – where did they came from?…. how did they get to where they…
Consultants
It has been said that ‘…consultants know a little about many different things, but don’t know a lot about anything…
Gardeners… check first, plant later….?
I’ve read a few articles over the last few weeks highlighting interesting gardens around the United Kingdom. I’ve seen, herbaceous…
Global resignation
I’ve been reading a lot recently about global warming and climate change and wondering whether the work that I do…
Native Ninja
Driving along today I kept spotting invasive non-native plants, pretty much everywhere I looked there was Himalayan balsam, Japanese Knotweed,…
It’s been having SEX!
Having been faithful to its self for years (ie reproducing asexually through fragments and propagules) Japanese Knotweed has been out…
What a shallow world we live in…
It never ceases to amaze me how shallow people are, they take a quick at what you’re wearing and make…
Hybrids aren’t just funny looking cars…
Have you seen the film ‘Blade’ with Wesley Snipes? Wesley has all the strengths of a vampire whilst keeping the…
Integrity
There is a line from one of my favourite films which goes … ‘just walk away, turn around…just walk away’…
Why is it growing there…?
In its native Japan, Fallopia japonica is a component of communities inhabiting extreme lava and ash sheets at high altitudes.…
What have I learnt?
My dog passed away recently and I miss her like mad – yet she was incredibly low maintenance – water/food/walk…