The boys and i had a quick trip up my woods today, main purpose of the trip wa sof course to have fun, but i also collected loads of green hazel for a fee projects i have on the go and for some stuff that i will be doign in September of this year, decided to collect the wood today and let it dry a bit a home first, rather than a made rush a week or so before the thing looking for suitable materials.
Anyways back to it, we went back to our normal pitch in the woods, eldest wanted to try a slightly different set up for his hammock, just for his own piece of mind, he likes it, so i guess all is well?.
general view of the site we use.
woodpeckers nest, or rather what is left of it, the birch tree it is in until recently was leaning against another tree, i guess the strong winds we had recently were enough to topple it?
lunch, home made dehydrated spag bol
8 minutes later
bit of fun this, a green hazel stick of about thumb thickness that peeled just like an orange, ive often done this with Willow and Sweet Chestnut, but not seen it come off a Hazel stick quite like this before
this WILL become a bowl or Kuksa, it can stay attached to the tree until such time that im ready for it though
Honeysuckle, is this not one of the most amazing flowers?
eldest falling off the log
now can anyone explain this?
Big areas of flattened greenery, but only Dogs Mercury, we thought at first it might have been Deer laying there as the stems are laying flat and we do get a a lot of deer in these woods, but upon closer inspection the stems are not broken, plus in the middle of the flattened areas there are still examples of other plants like Cuckoo Pint and indeed single nettles still standing as tall and straight as they can be, there again why would the deer only lay ont he Dogs Mercury in the first place?, but, not all the Dogs Mercury is laying down flat, there are areas that border the flattened bits that are still standing upright and look, as do the flattened ones, perfectly green and healthy for the main part - any ideas?.
hopefully going back up on Friday - cant wait.
Anyways back to it, we went back to our normal pitch in the woods, eldest wanted to try a slightly different set up for his hammock, just for his own piece of mind, he likes it, so i guess all is well?.
general view of the site we use.
woodpeckers nest, or rather what is left of it, the birch tree it is in until recently was leaning against another tree, i guess the strong winds we had recently were enough to topple it?
lunch, home made dehydrated spag bol
8 minutes later
bit of fun this, a green hazel stick of about thumb thickness that peeled just like an orange, ive often done this with Willow and Sweet Chestnut, but not seen it come off a Hazel stick quite like this before
this WILL become a bowl or Kuksa, it can stay attached to the tree until such time that im ready for it though
Honeysuckle, is this not one of the most amazing flowers?
eldest falling off the log
now can anyone explain this?
Big areas of flattened greenery, but only Dogs Mercury, we thought at first it might have been Deer laying there as the stems are laying flat and we do get a a lot of deer in these woods, but upon closer inspection the stems are not broken, plus in the middle of the flattened areas there are still examples of other plants like Cuckoo Pint and indeed single nettles still standing as tall and straight as they can be, there again why would the deer only lay ont he Dogs Mercury in the first place?, but, not all the Dogs Mercury is laying down flat, there are areas that border the flattened bits that are still standing upright and look, as do the flattened ones, perfectly green and healthy for the main part - any ideas?.
hopefully going back up on Friday - cant wait.
