They were called Holly, Spirit and Mother: the three cows put to graze down the sward in Bentley Station Meadow butterfly reserve last month. I saw them but once shortly after they arrived seven weeks ago - and now they are gone. Taken off as they have done their job and the ground is getting sodden through. I missed not being able to participate in the daily cattle checking rota; I was just the reserve call out for when the volunteers on Station Road couldn't manage it. As things turned out, th… Continue

This one is especially for Alex and is also a test of the Blog feature of Ning:
The following is a set of selective extracts from an article to be published in the Nov. 2009 issue of Coffee & Cocoa International quoting from a presentation by Dr John Mason of Ghana’s National Conservation Research Centre.

... rainfall in Ghana has reduced by 2.5 per cent and
rain patterns are shifting. As a result, rivers
and streams are dr… Continue

This would be a blog post of the kind we've been having on the wordpress site. I am trying it out here to see what it looks like.
I think anyone could add a blog on Ning, which is good.
And I think we can also put photos in. I'll have a go

Hmmmm. We'll have to watch out that photos appear at full size, whereas Wordpress allows you easily to adjust their s… Continue