Beautiful tree

This tree caught my eye on my travels

Oak trees in leaf

The oak trees are coming into leaf and to their annual glory.

Buffer to prevent soil loss

After I posted the picture of the run-off from a farm, here is another picture showing a tree planted buffer zone. This area will stop the soil from being washed away and provide a "buffer" to improve water quality. The trees and grass are also absorbing carbon dioxide as they grow (technical term is sequestering) so it is a way of tackling climate change too.

Oak Lore

Sid the woodman says that if "The Oak is out before the Ash then there will be a splash!" Well it certainly has been dry the last few weeks - so we could do with some rain.

The Trafalgar Oaks have been planted! The parish council supplied twenty-five oak trees to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005.

They will be a sight to behold in a couple of hundred years ...