We cry habitat loss, but it’s theft, really – no one is so careless as to lose their home.
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Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Where the wild things are: the untapped potential of our gardens, parks and balconies
We cry habitat loss, but it’s theft, really – no one is so careless as to lose their home.
Crocuses Emerge from Damp Soil
But there is hope in it. Crocuses, beloved as early harbingers of spring, stand out, a little pool of brightness in a sea of drab. That combination of rich purple and zinging orange is an antidote to gloom.
I hope you can find some crocuses this week.
English Pastoral: An Inheritance, Progress
Read the whole book.
new farming had taken two mutually beneficial things - grazing animals and fertilizing fields - and separated them to create two massive industrial-scale problems ... farms with thousands of animals had more muck than their land could possibly accommodate, while crop farmers now had no animals, and thus no muck to fertilize plants
English Pastoral: An Inheritance, Nostalgia
Read the whole book.
As I sat in the back of the tractor watching the seagulls, it felt as if Grandad and the seagulls behind his plough were part of the same whole, the one as true as the other. They both had timeless claims on the earth; they both belonged to the same cycle in that landscape.
Lab Girl
Just popping this book on my wishlist.
A plant that lives where it should not is simply a pest, but a plant that thrives where it should not live is a weed. We don't resent the audacity of the weed, as every seed is audacious; we resent its fantastic success.
ReWild, chapter 4
...since it is the sun we're talking about, when we're slowly rolled away from it...
This is, first, a beautiful book, much nicer than the pictures. It's also lovely to read. It sounds like Nick Baker is just sitting opposite you, chatting away, full of passion and information.
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