ARGONAUT BOOKS

After reading John Wright's book, you will never look at another 'patch of grass' in the same way again. Even for someone like me, who thinks he knows a thing or two about grasslands, the idea that from the point of view of a mycorrhizal fungus, a rockrose is just another tree, was both new and surprising. And linking the antiquity of anthills to the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm is so clever, I wish I'd thought of it myself. Fascinating and revelatoryKen Thompson, author of Common or GardenNaturalist John Wright uncovers the UK fields, meadows, mires and heathlands that are bursting with b...Read More