The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - February 2009
Discovering Long Wood – A year in the life of a small woodland – February
February, and Rodney acquires a tractor… Admittedly it’s small, the right size to be carted to and fro in the back of his Ford pickup, but it works - and works and works. . . Read more…
The Survival Tin
Fire, water, shelter and food: the four essentials of survival. Justin Sterry of Down2Earth demonstrates the essential survial kit in the latest installment of the Woodlands TV Survival series. Amazingly, it all fits into a small tin, including a most unusual water bottle! Read more…
Buying a Woodland in a SIPP
A “SIPP” is a Self-Invested Personal Pension Scheme, which is in effect a way of putting money away for your retirement and additionally benefitting from that money not being liable for income tax. The government gives tax concessions on money put into pension products of this sort to encourage people to save for their retirement. SIPPs can be seen as “packages” which hold investments for when you draw a pension income. Read more…
Making Hurdles – Video Demo
One for all the coppicers out there … Andrew King makes a hurdle with hazel coppice for Woodlands TV. Read more…
TROT – The Toll Rides (Off-Road) Trust
The Toll Rides (Off-Road) Trust – formerly South Eastern Toll Rides – was established in 1990 by a group of riders who were concerned at the growing amount of traffic on the roads. Their approach to local farmers led to the first toll ride being opened on agreed tracks and headlands. In just a few years, dozens of networks of toll rides opened in the South-East. By 2008, TROT had over 105 toll routes in 13 different counties. Read more…
Building Shelters
Need to build a shelter? Ashley from Down2Earth bushcraft shows how to construct a shelter and a one-man “bender” quickly with just some ground sheets and what is to hand in the next instalment of the survival series on Woodlands TV. Good tips on keeping the heat in and the water out. Read more…
Family Forestry
Woodlands.co.uk aims to promote ownership of woodlands by people who will conserve and enjoy the woodlands through active, hands-on management. Very many of the buyers of small woodlands are families. For many woodlands family ownership and management has lots of advantages over traditional methods: Read more…
Cooking and Campfires
Everyone has to eat and fresh air builds appetites. How do you set up an efficient camp fire that will cook your dinner without it taking hours or the contents of the pan ending upside down among the ashes? Justin Sterry – the “Al Fresco Chef” – explains how to build tripods and pit fires in the second installment of Woodlands TV’s Survival Series. Read more…