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Discovering Long Wood – a year in the life of a small wood – June
In June, Heather reflected on how they decided to deal with an acre or two of unwanted and non-native conifers – without devastation. How should they choose which ones should go? And what could they usefully do with the resulting timber? Here she reveals how they solved the first of these problems… Read more…
Discovering Long Wood – a year in the life of a small wood – May
Rodney laboured all winter clearing a small area of the conifers at “Wolf End”. He made a new resolution –“Will remember to fell a smaller area in future, now I know how much work is involved, as this year’s worth was too much for one pair of hands.” This was Trees Month…. Read more…
Discovering Long Wood – a year in the life of a small wood – April
Our diary for 2007 records “the driest April on record”. This enabled Rodney to use his tractor freely to move logs around, cutting them to length and storing them off the ground. We reflected on what had been achieved in our first year of ownership, and marvelled at the re-emerging beauty of our very own woodland. Read on ….” Read more…
Discovering Long Wood – a year in the life of small wood – March
March arrives, and so do the horses. They gouge out the track, and decimate the mosses and liverworts. Rodney spends some time renewing and extending the fence to keep out further visitations. That done, he sets to work improving the habitat by planting some native shrubs along the perimeter. And at last the wild flowers began to reveal themselves… Read more…
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…
Discovering Long Wood – A year in the life of a small woodland – January
So now you’re a woodland owner. What do you actually do? Follow a year in the life of a small woodland … Read more…