The saying goes that you can’t reason a man out of a position he didn’t reason himself into! However, reason is what distinguishes man from the animals, so we must try to reason with our opponents even if they lack any natural aptitude for the process. Those in the village keen on dendrolatry have presented [...]

Cedar Tree or Jealousy? A mighty Cedar, straight and thick, grew tall in Elmley Castle Home to squirrel, bird and bug, it made the village marvel As time passed by, it grew and grew, its branches far did reach And blocked the sun and shaded out, the Oak and Ash and Beech As owners of [...]

The work to clear the “Old Orchard” that used to belong to Mrs Tibbett’s is now substantially complete, all that remains is a little dead wood removal from some of the trees left on the fenceline facing the village green. What was once a neglected area of waist high stinging nettles, collapsed willow and rotten [...]