Common ivyA poisonous, evergreen shrub, common ivy can scramble up trees to reach considerable heights with the help of numerous short roots positioned along the stems. The leaves are thick,…

NATURE lovers are being urged to get involved in a new project to protect and help regenerate rare plant species in upper Teesdale.Many of the flowers, which grow nowhere else…

RABY Estates is helping restore peatland by making use of cut heather from moorland sites where burning is not allowed.Helicopters have been dropping some of the 4,000 bags of heather…

A FARMING couple from Eggleston will clock up the miles this year when they exhibit at all three of Britain’s largest agricultural shows.Simon and Emma Haley, who breed Highland cattle,…