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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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Blowing my cover…

June 13, 2016 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, Bloomsbury, Books, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Meat, nature, nature writing, publishing, Uncategorized Comments Off on Blowing my cover…

The cover of The Ethical Carnivore published by Bloomsbury September 2016

The cover of The Ethical Carnivore published by Bloomsbury September 2016

After much deliberation, The Ethical Carnivore has a cover and the build up to publication has begun. Read more

New Year 2016, Glen Clova

January 5, 2016 animals, deer, environment, nature, nature writing, roe deer, scotland, wildlife Comments Off on New Year 2016, Glen Clova

A roe deer skull I found on Glen Clova. The back of the antlers were black so I wonder if it was running from the muirburn? Or died before the heather was burnt off?

A roe deer skull I found on Glen Clova. The back of the antlers were black so I wonder if it was running from the muirburn? Or died before the heather was burnt off?

One of my many New Year’s resolutions, is to learn to describe better my two great loves: food and nature. So here’s a start:

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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