The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - September 2010
New plans for badger culls attacked by protest groups
Badger culling is intended to reduce TB (Tuberculosis) in cattle and is being approached very differently in England than it is in Wales. In Wales, the Welsh Assembly propose to carry out their own culls whereas in England the Defra minister, Jim Paice, expects farmers to club together and reduce badger numbers on a private and local basis. Read more…
Autumn leaves
At the end of the summer, the leaves should have done their job; that of making sugars to be used in growth, the formation of new twigs and branches, forming fruits and seeds. However, winter is not conducive to photosynthesis or growth; Read more…
Wooden Books for a Wood Library
Derek Farrar wants people to know about wood. He has created a series of book-shaped samples of different timbers. Each one has routered into it the common English name of the tree it comes from and the Latin or botanical name so they are easily identifiable. Read more…
Managing your Woodland for Wildlife
A new book on woodlands -
Managing your Woodland for Wildlife by David Blakesley and Peter Buckley
After 20 years of selling woodlands to people “for enjoyment and conservation” we realised that although the purchasers wanted to do their best for conservation, encouraging biodiversity, protecting endangered species, and just having more birds, bluebells and butterflies, they were sometimes unsure of how best to set about it. Read more…
Autumn fruits
Autumn is a time when the hedgerows and woodlands literally ‘bear fruit’ such as Blackberries, Elderberries, Haws (from Hawthorn), Rose hips, and Sloes (from the Blackthorn). Read more…
The Survival Tin.
PLAN
There are 4 guiding principles to Survival that will allow you to overcome any potential Survival situation if taught, used and practised correctly. When fully conversant with these principles, a simple tin of goodies really can save your life. Read more…
Urban Foxes
Foxes are presently much in the news. Twin sisters, aged nine months, were mauled by a fox as they slept (in an upstairs bedroom) at their family home in Stoke Newington in North London. It is thought that the animal entered through a window that had been left open – as the night was warm and humid. Since this incident, other attacks on people and pets have been reported. Read more…
Woodland steps – part 2
Steps can make a nice feature as well as fulfilling a practical purpose: taking you from one level to another, perhaps bridging a change in levels between two sections of your woodland track, where the slope is too steep to scramble up and down. In situations where the steps span a vertical distance of more than about six feet, a conventional flight of steps is far safer than the ladder steps described last time. Read more…