The council will talk down to you, like they do everybody else, they’re those sorts of people.
Grandad, Cyril Lewis worked in many of our forests but I best remember his work in the Forest of Dean where he was Head Forester. I learnt a lot from him, he knew his trees, as you can imagine but he also showed me things such as; grab a bluebell and hold it in a wood ant nest for merely seconds, it turns pink. The reason for this is the ants spray acid in defence which causes a litmus paper style effect of alkaline to acid. It may vary depending on the Ph levels of soil and what not.
Wow, that's so cool!
Many old skills are lost to the general public, they're either not taught or don't care.
You're lucky to have learnt from your grandad 👍