From “The Long, Long Life of Trees”, Fiona Stafford
In spring, you can feel life stirring in the barest twigs and the silhouetted catkins look as if a diminutive duck has run across the sky. One day the…
Category: trees
In Praise of Mulled Apple & Blackcurrant Juice from The Apple Farm of Tipperary
Spring has been here for some time. Indeed, before most people notice, the seasons shift subtly. And yet, the last few days have seen weather which makes it feel more truly spring,…
Tristan Gooley, observation and cognitive bias
Recently my brother gave me a present of Tristan Gooley‘s The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Tracks and Signs. I have read various Gooley books over the years, and to some…
More thoughts on forest bathing
I have posted before on “forest bathing”; the first post being perhaps a little over-critical of the potential for over-therapeutising what is essentially an attentive walk in the woods, the the second more…
No green to be seen: a biodiversity desert on Slievenamon
Two weeks ago I walked on Slievenamon, not all the way to the summit but simply up the path near Kilcash and then around the area just where this path…
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree…
… because it is still rather small. Earlier this year (I think in February) I bought an Elstar tree from the garden centre. One of the pleasures of recent months…
Séamus Sweeney 