The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - Trees
Bark
Tree trunks (and some of the roots) are covered with bark. Bark is the material or tissue that overlays and surrounds the wood (xylem tissue) of a tree. It consists of a number of different tissues, whose amount varies from species to species. Read more…
I’ve Got My Wood! What Now? – Courses for Small Woodland Owners in Hampshire
So you’ve bought your wood. It’s lovely. Well, what now?
When we bought our wood, we wanted to find out more about it. We started to look at the archaeology and history, and to find out what trees and other plants we had. We could then think about how we could manage it to conserve what was good, and to minimise what we didn’t like. Read more…
Oak Decline
You may have seen doom-laden stories in the press recently about “oak decline” (or “oak dieback”) - “the mighty oak battles for survival”. The situation is probably not as serious as reported, but it is a fascinating story.
A review of “Beechcombings” by Richard Mabey
Many readers will know Richard Mabey from his outstanding digest of all things botanical, “Flora Britannica”: my own copy is frequently referred to. “Beechcombings” is very different. Read more…
Observing your trees – a problem with ash
Sherlock Holmes’ common criticism of his friend Dr Watson was: “You see but do not observe”. All of us are guilty. But once our attention has been drawn to a subject, we start seeing ‘everywhere’ what had before passed unremarked upon. And this is what I want to do with ash trees. Read more…
Tree planting
Even though large-scale tree planting (more than 5 acres) will have been organised by this time of year (beginning of Nov) it’s not too late to organise planting for smaller areas of up to one acre. The following guidelines should help with such planting schemes and a vision of the future mature woodland. Read more…
Courses - Winter 2007
We’re often asked what courses are available. Here are a few we’ve found from now up until the end of the year. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments box below if you know of anything interesting that’s going on, or if you run a course yourself. Read more…
Changing Colours – Why do leaves change colour in the autumn?
Come the autumn, the leaves of many deciduous trees change colour – no longer green they turn yellow, brown, red or purple. What has happened?