Amateur Gardening

Woodland tunnel vision

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WHILE out walking in Shropshire I was amazed at the determinat­ion of nature to grow where you would not expect it. As you can see from the attached photo, a fairly large tree is growing above a bridge with barely 2ft of soil below it but somehow it has managed to grow to a healthy size like its neighbours. In nature, it would appear that where there is a will there is a way.

It’s a contrast to our own attempts to grow plants in good conditions, lavishing them with care – yet they still often fail!

Peter Hodson, Wolverhamp­ton

 ??  ?? There’s light at the end of the tunnel for this tree
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for this tree

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