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…
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3 comments so far
Liz Haworth
14 June, 2009
I so enjoyed reading this, and feel inspired. For the past few years I have been considering buying a woodland, but haven’t quite summoned up the courage – or found the right bit of woodland close enough to my town. Good luck
Tracy
7 July, 2009
Liz, keep hunting, best thing we ever did! Come and join us at the small woodland owners group to talk about it all!
http://www.swog.org.uk
andrew n
12 July, 2009
i’m just wondering for the future did you do the how to look after a wood lessons type after a levels?