Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 10 December 2020

  • The holly and the …

    The holly and the …

    Need I go on? You must be so familiar with the Christmas carol. Holly, traditionally a masculine plant compared with the feminine ivy, although holly is what is called dioecious, meaning that individual trees are either male or female. Flowers occur on both male and female trees but only the female trees have berries and…