Woodland stewardship
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Its good for my health and spirits to spend a few hours just chilling. The colours now are stunning
woodspirits
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Until spring I am just observing. After a year of watching I should have a better idea of what would enhance the wood and improve the habitat for its fauna. I confess to finding everything takes longer due to my spending a lot of time in the hammock
Sure beats the Hello out of any city. Thanks for the pictures.
I have a strong urge to sit on my hands and do nothing. Sit absolutely still and watch.
The leaf litter is a critical returning biomass.
If anything, I'd scrape together a hide, a blind, to look like a brush pile.
Opaque liner (hessian bags) and a very comfortable chair.
Walk to it, drop down into it, POOF! you disappear.
I have a strong urge to sit on my hands and do nothing. Sit absolutely still and watch.
The leaf litter is a critical returning biomass.
If anything, I'd scrape together a hide, a blind, to look like a brush pile.
Opaque liner (hessian bags) and a very comfortable chair.
Walk to it, drop down into it, POOF! you disappear.
Topping up my firewood on Saturday between showers.
Only the conifirs still cloaked in green.
I haven't thought about it, I do have several books on tree identification and will have to have a proper look. There are two deer parks very close to the wood and although I haven't seen any deer in the wood there are some quite deep footprints. At first I thought they were squirrels digging and burying the chestnuts. I need to spend a few nights there to see what does move around after dark.
Just planted 100 willow whips. Hopefully they should grow about 3 metres per year according to the supplier. Screening and for the sticks .
I've planted a number of different willow for similar reasons. One type does indeed grow about 3m in a year and they root very easily. I have had problems with deer, so some willows are fenced off and I've planted some 2m rods to get them to shoot over browsing height. The deer fray the stems a fair bit the willows seem to have rooted and grown.
One method that has worked well is planting a large number of goat willow cuttings of all sizes. I cut it from other areas of the woodland and even with a fair bit of damage they've grown well.
One method that has worked well is planting a large number of goat willow cuttings of all sizes. I cut it from other areas of the woodland and even with a fair bit of damage they've grown well.
They can indeed, it depends upon the soil though, they tend to prefer the wetter ground. I simply put the cuttings from my hedge in and hope for the best, it costs me nothing.
I have recently become a bit bolder in my aquisitions, I have decided to take the entire flood plain between my allotments and the river. I had initially drawn a line where I wasn't going to go, but for various reasons that does need some management, and I really don't think I am going to meet with any objections. Part of it is already quite well established with mature trees, I have been going there today clearing a boundary between the land and the dilapidated allotment fence, because the encroaching brambles were pushing it over, so my fellow allotmenteers can thank me for that. Oh dear, when I cleared that the usual amount of rubbish that has been thrown over the fence. I am going to try my best to put a stop to that.
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