Tales from Titchmarsh

It is always dangerous to take information too literally. Take the current passion for ‘wilding’ – the ‘woke’ term (don’t get me started…) for turning patches of land over to nature.

Great things have been achieved at Knepp Castle, in West Sussex, where Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell have worked wonders on their 3,500-acre estate, encouraging many forms of wildlife that had fizzled out due to previous intensive farming methods. Isabella’s book, is a great