The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - June 2008
What Is Ancient Woodland?
Any woodland which has remained as woodland for the last 400 years (since 1600) is described as “ancient woodland”. Read more…
Woodland Courses 2008 - Part 2
A selection of courses from some of our favourite training providers …
Wild Garlic Recipes
Anyone who’s walked through a wood and smelt that distinctive onion-y smell has been near one of the commonest, but little used, wild foods. Wild Garlic (Alium ursinum) or ransoms is common in woods all over the UK.
The Rosemary Beetle
In recent years, there has been a new entrant to the RHS list of top ten garden pests. Its ‘top ten’ list is based on the number of inquiries that it receives to its advisory service. The newcomer is the rosemary beetle, Chrysolina americana.
Midges, Mosquitoes and Marmite - coping with insects in woodlands
There are lots of ways to cope with the irritation of being bitten by insects in woodlands and here are some ideas from various experienced woodland workers.
Treebog Course with The Nature’s Playground Project – “quite beautiful toilets …”
You may remember a great blog a couple of months ago by Jackie of Play Action about her forest school plans. Their latest project is to build some “facilities” at their wood in Ashford, Kent – pretty essential if you have lots of kids visiting! Would you like to take part and get some excellent and practical tuition into the bargain?! It’s quite soon – Thurs 12th to Sat 14th June ’08 – so if you’re interested read on for more information from Jade who’s organising the project: Read more…
How did the grey squirrel arrive in the UK?
Here is an answer to all those questions on the Red squirrel, grey squirrel blog asking about the introduction of grey squirrels!