Landscape Treasure with History of Toil ; Environment Editor Tony Henderson On the Heyday of a Landscape Gem Which Is Inching Its Way Back. My Country
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COMING across a traditional upland hay meadow in the North-East is rather like finding a living museum in the countryside.
In an otherwise largely uniform green backdrop, these meadows with more than 100 different species of flowers and grasses are a cluster of colour.See the full content of this document
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Landscape Treasure with History of Toil ; Environment Editor Tony Henderson On the Heyday of a Landscape Gem Which Is Inching Its Way Back. My Country
In the days before the intensification of farming, which saw 97% of these meadows lost in the last 60 years, much of the region would have been a more colourful place.
Fresh from months interviewing old-time farmers in the North Pennines, where 40% of Britain's upland hay meadows are to be found, ...See the full content of this document
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