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I'm just embarrassed

I think the term must be broad ranging in interpretation. I have in my mind images of widely planted trees in France with grazing beneath. I would think also that the old tradition of grazing sheep in orchards followed similar lines; the trees then were bigger than production trees now and the rows far apart so plenty of light reached the ground - along with dung which was largely what made the system work so well

@Rac man it would have been nice if you'd asked before putting that up 🤭

That sounds like a place I will wander around one day that's near here - Stanmer Organics in Stanmer Park, Brighton. It's Brighton so the Park is very hippy and organic but that doesn't make the people bad. I buy tree saplings there for very little that have been grown from locally (=Sussex) sourced seed

This one's in the garden doing its fantastic thing

I must have watched Top Secret 100 times as an adult

I have one at home here and it's nothing like a cube; I couldn't move one that held that much. Thx anyway

Am awaiting a reply from a guy in Tilbury that has some! Thx

Big bump. BUMP! Does anyone know of anywhere in the south of the country (e.g. Dorset is only 4 hours away) that I could get 6-8 IBC cages? Please...?! Thanks in advance, Jon

I'd ignore the commentary; I made this for a mate. When we moved here four years ago much of what you see was under laurel canopy; I removed it in the winter of 2023 so the ground has had light now for the second spring. The recovery of the wood anemones and bluebells is most heartening and a tribute to Gaia! VID-20250329-WA0005.mp4

That's not hawthorn; the wood hasn't turned that beautiful golden brown colour. The bark pattern in the pics is too coarse; hawthorn's pattern is more linear and less in small square plates than that of pear.

Got pulled into a Police/VOSA/East Sussex County Council operation a couple of months ago in a layby on the A22. Included was a lady from ESCC in hi viz vest with clipboard; uh-oh! 'Did you know that by bringing hedge clippings and rakings from Surrey (where most of my work is) to Sussex you're importing waste?' 'Nothing I produce is waste; it's all a resource. Those clippings and rakings I put in piles in my small woodland to create habitat'. 'Well I'll have to report it to the EA'. 'Of course you will'. I went on my way, she ticked her box. Everybody happy 😁

Across the whole of southern France Mick? This is today just outside Chamonix (not a fair comparison I know!)

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The world needs more Toms 👍