Untidiness could help save the planet Are we being too neat?I don’t know where the passion for neatness in the environment came from. Maybe it’s an inherent need to impose order upon the chaos outside in what was once a very wild and unpredictable world. Whatever the reason it has […]
Wildflower meadow or cornfield?
43 posts
Have you ever bemoaned the state of a patch of grass, be it your neighbour’s messy front lawn (admittedly front lawns are becoming a rare commodity too), a patch of rank grass in the park or an unkempt sidewalk? Then you’ll know that most people prefer to see a well-manicured […]
Wildflower meadow or cornfield? Can you tell your cornfield from your wildflower meadow plants?When you think of a wildflower meadow what do you picture in your mind? It it a waving sea of grass liberally peppered with poppies, cornflowers, corn marigold and corn cockle? If it is then the reality […]