Mike Clough's Articles - Page 46
Global resignation
I’ve been reading a lot recently about global warming and climate change and wondering whether the work that I do…
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Native Ninja
Driving along today I kept spotting invasive non-native plants, pretty much everywhere I looked there was Himalayan balsam, Japanese Knotweed,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Integrity
There is a line from one of my favourite films which goes … ‘just walk away, turn around…just walk away’…
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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.…
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What have I learnt?
My dog passed away recently and I miss her like mad – yet she was incredibly low maintenance – water/food/walk…
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What does it look like?
There are inevitably major differences in the habit and appearance of plants in their native and non-native situations, and Japanese…
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What’s important to you?
It’s a fairly simple question but the answers will vary dramatically from person to person. Family, friends, holidays, pets, comfort,…
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It’s the end of the world…
So today the server went down and yes, it did feel like the end of the world. For a business…
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The railway Knotweed children
Several years ago I found a strange looking plant on a site in Bolton near to the railway line, it…
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