Most of the crab apples are on the ground but a few haven’t fallen yet. (more…)
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Autumn arrived early in the wood, with plenty of berries and fungi. (more…)
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This Guelder Rose is still fruiting despite being attacked by pests, probably the Vibernum Bettle. (more…)
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In the deep wood south of the south ride – and a line from James Weldon Johnson. (more…)
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The ‘crab’ in Crab Apple derives from ‘scrobb,’ the Anglo-Saxon for ‘shrub’, says Stevens. (more…)
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The Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus, was being seriously defoliated by lavae which I assume are Vibernum Beetle, Pyrrhalta viburni, or similar. (more…)
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