Green islands in the fall of the leaf
The leaves are turning brown and falling. Fall is the traditional English name for Autumn, it’s not an Americanism. Spring was called …
Beeches on the turn
Trees have hormones just like people. As the length of days shorten, so leaves produce less of a hormone called auxin. That …
Porcelain fungus
I stop the car in a small valley on Dartmoor. There’s an enormous fallen Beech tree and it’s covered with fungi. Glistening …
Beech, Alder and Chestnut
There are nuts and seeds and cones aplenty in the woods at this time of year. There are Beech nuts on the …