In early November last year we were walking in the woods at Felbrigg Hall in North Norfolk and found a lovely crop of Shaggy Inkcap fungi, Coprinus comatus, in an area of Sweet Chestnut woodland. It is a very distinctive … Continue reading →
Sometimes there are plants we like so much that we try to grow them wherever we go. For the Romans in Britain, it was Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) and, less fortunately Ground Elder (Aegopogon podagraria). For me, it is Sweet Cicely, … Continue reading →
On a cold morning in early December 2011 I went for a short cycle ride out into the countryside to the west of Norwich and picked rosehips. There had been a couple of short frosts, so some of the rose … Continue reading →