Outdoor Living

NATURE John Shelley forms a newfound respect for the emotional intelligence of the bumblebee after two encounters

NATURE John Shelley meets a young, crash-landed crow, and has a hard time convincing his friend not to take her life

NATURE There’s nothing like the smell of new mown hay, but saving it – now that’s a whole other story

NATURE Perch are as plentiful as trout once were – but is it pike or water quality that is to blame for the trout decline?

NATURE John Shelley’s adopted fox cub breaks for freedom, prompting a meditation on the natural way of things

OUTDOOR LIVING John Shelley takes in a lost fox cub, and finds his heartstrings pulled every which way

NATURE John Shelley tries a goosegrass and dandelion-leaf sandwich, washing it down with hawthorne-leaf tea

NATURE John Shelley watches on disapprovingly as his friend uses unsavoury methods to catch earthworms for trout fishing

NATURE With cat romance season in full swing, John Shelley discusses the inevitable repercussions for our garden birds

After migraine-inducing run-ins with homemade wines in the past, John Shelley is pleasantly surprised by an apple concoction