A HEBRIDEAN sheep named Miss Piggy due to her voracious appetite may be one of the oldest of the breed on record.A smallholding in Newsham run by Carol Hamilton is…

Teasel (Dipsacus sativus) Fuller’s teasel, Brushes-and-combsTEASEL is a large plant, up to six feet high, and common on waste ground, roadsides and rough pasture, particularly on clay soils. It is…

Pignuts (Conopodium majus)“HERE we go gathering nuts in May,” says the nursery rhyme; but what kind of nuts are ripe in May? The answer is the pignut, or earthnut, or…

THE Moorland Association has welcomed the publication of the England Peat Action Plan saying that grouse moors will continue to play an important role in improving and protecting peatland for…