http://civilwarbummer.com/sherman-on-grant/ The area around Knysna on the African coast is unusual, because it supports true forest: the majority of South Africa is savannah, whether grassy savannah in the interior or the bushy savannah they call fynbos at the Cape. But this was real forest, and even where the original forest has been cut down, there are […]
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The Big Tree of Tsitsikamma.
08-Jul-15The Hungry Forest.
20-Sep-11Cáceres I found an old box of Cheerios that I had forgotten about in a cabinet; tasting them I determined they had gone stale. I figured I’d use them as bird food during the fall migrations. I went out with the bag a few nights ago and tossed some about a hundred feet from the cabin […]
The Sound of a Bear.
04-Jul-11It rained most of the day yesterday, and a guest and I came out of the cabin as the skies cleared in the early evening. As we were working putting down a bark-mulch in the garden, we heard a large animal moving through the forest – the snapping of a twig, and the swishing of […]