Purchasing 25 acre oak stand in France - Pics

[JonnoR]

Some pictures from recent thinning activity in the wood.  This is the first major work I've done in this area, with more significant block thinning, rather than felling the odd obvious struggling tree.  Leaving oaks and straighter hornbeam/ash.  Lovely lower story trees waiting to flourish I think.  Very exciting!

 

 

Edited January 5 by JonnoR

[Stubby]

On 05/01/2025 at 17:15, JonnoR said:

Some pictures from recent thinning activity in the wood.  This is the first major work I've done in this area, with more significant block thinning, rather than felling the odd obvious struggling tree.  Leaving oaks and straighter hornbeam/ash.  Lovely lower story trees waiting to flourish I think.  Very exciting!

 

 

The stump police will be after you with hose heights ! 😁

[5thelement]

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

The stump police will be after you with hose heights ! 😁

Tree Surgeon Felling Specifications 👍

[sandspider]

Holy cow. I just realised this update was 5 years later. Time has flown by. 😑

[Stere]

 

Thats Butchers broom...

 

[Mick Dempsey]

3 minutes ago, Stere said:

 

Thats Butchers broom...

 

So that’s what it is! 
Some woods have it everywhere, painful to walk through, sharp ends on those leaves.

[Stere]

You Can eat its shoots as its a type of asparagus but ive never tried it

 

 

 

[JonnoR]

20 hours ago, Stubby said:

The stump police will be after you with hose heights ! 😁

Don't worry - I was preserving the chain for the day, as the moss is full of granity sand and throws sparks like a bastard.  I went round with my gnarly saw the next day!  The Hornbeam coppices lovely.

[JonnoR]

19 hours ago, Stere said:

 

Thats Butchers broom...

 

Yeah, I finally figured it out.  It makes for VERY itchy scratch marks!

[JonnoR]

19 hours ago, Stere said:

You Can eat its shoots as its a type of asparagus but ive never tried it

 

 

 

I will definitely give that a go!