Winter - the time to stay snug indoors and forget about your trees? Well, perhaps but perhaps not - for some species the correct timing of pruning or trimming work can be very important. Apple and Pear are generally pruned in the dormant months when out of leaf,...
Honey Fungus (Armillaria species) is a common fungus that exists frequently on dead plant material, but has the ability to become parasitic on the living roots and lower stem of many sorts of plant.
Friends of Geoff travelling in Australia emailed the following question in 2009; here is Geoff’s reply – apologies for the frivolous tone…
In July and August 2007 Geoff and his wife Frankie spent 5 weeks in Australia. In West Australia Geoff climbed to the top platform of two of the three forest fire ‘lookout trees’ which, at 60 and 75m give a stupendous view above the surrounding forest canopy. And...