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Why and how should you prune your woodland trees?
There are several good reasons for pruning trees in your woodland. Here are some:
- to clear tracks and paths
- to improve the shape of the trees for timber purposes
- for safety
- to improve appearance
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How do you remove stumps from a woodland path or track?
If you have cleared a new track, there are often stumps that you want to remove. In many situations these can be left to rot away but the process takes many years and if it is a heavily used path these represent a trip hazard and need grinding down. There are some good commercial services offering stump grinding contracting such as Stuart Gray’s (stumpbusters-thamesvalley.co.uk) which will work out reasonably – particularly if you have a full day’s work for him. Other solutions involve hiring a stump grinder or buying one. 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…
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
It will not be long before the signs of autumn are apparent to all of us, especially after such a hot and dry summer. Once again the BBC, the Woodland Trust and the UK Phenology Network are inviting people to help chart the advance of autumn – by recording 6 key species – blackberry, hawthorn, swifts, conkers, ivy and oak.
The collated information will help the UK Phenology Network build up a picture of Read more…