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My year planting trees

January 28, 2019 Ben Damph, Ben Damph Estate, environment, highlands, nature, nature writing, Rewilding, rhododendrons, scotland, Torridon, trees, Trees for Life, Uncategorized, wester ross, wildlife Comments Off on My year planting trees
Aspen planted in 1.8m tubes by Loch Torridon.

Aspen planted in 1.8m tubes by Loch Torridon.

Over the past year I have been involved in a project to plant 3,500 native trees on Ben Damph Estate in the Highlands of Scotland. It was a part of a Forestry Commission Scotland grant to improve woodland in an area previously infested with rhododendron ponticum. This blog is an attempt to exchange knowledge on the challenges of planting in a landscape shared with red deer and rhoddies, and a little bit of philosophy about the joys of planting trees…
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Introducing the next project: Ethical fruit and vegetables

March 21, 2018 avocado, Blochairn, Blochairn Fruit Market, eating, environment, ethical herbivore, ethics, Food, Food education, Food writing, Fruit, Glasgow, scotland, scottish field, Uncategorized, Veg, vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian One comment

 

Louise Gray at Blochairn Fruit Market, Glasgow © Angus Blackburn, Scottish Field

Louise Gray investigating fruit and veg at Blochairn Fruit Market in Glasgow © Angus Blackburn, Scottish Field

I have officially started a new project, and it’s all about where our fruit and vegetables come from…. Read more

Shucking oysters: A soft start to the kill-to-eat diet

July 21, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, eating, environment, ethics, fish, Food, nature, Rewilding, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off on Shucking oysters: A soft start to the kill-to-eat diet

Shucking oysters

I didn’t mean to match my nail varnish to the oyster knife…

Oysters are possibly the most “raw” food experience you can get, in fact they are probably still alive when you eat them… Read more

Late spring in the Highlands: Blooming rhododendrons

June 15, 2014 environment, gardening, highlands, nature, Rewilding, rhododendrons, trees, wildlife One comment

Rhododendrons frame the Torridon hills

Rhododendron blooms frame the Torridon hills in June.

The rhododendrons are in bloom across the Highlands and I must admit they look beautiful – but they look better in a bonfire. Read more