Brash Bales

[ocntyrone]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

Oh for god's sake. Grow something if you want some habitat. Driving brash bales tens/hundreds of miles so someone can look eco-friendly is bullshit.

Unnecessary comment.  Particularly given that you've no idea of context.  Sticking a few whips in the ground does not constitute habitat creation.  No matter what the funders tell you.

[AHPP]

9 minutes ago, ocntyrone said:

you've no idea of context

Tell us.

[Gary Prentice]

2 hours ago, AHPP said:

Oh for god's sake. Grow something if you want some habitat. Driving brash bales tens/hundreds of miles so someone can look eco-friendly is bullshit.

Deadwood provides ecological niches that are becoming increasingly rare because of our habit of 'tidying' everything up. Standing deadwood is rare enough that a some of the woodland management schemes/grants require ring-barking trees to kill them to provide that habitat for flora and fauna. 

 

These brash bales provide a short term habitat similar to the branchwood of a naturally fallen tree in a wood. It's acceptably a short term habitat, different to growing living vegetation, but for it's there for a variety of bugs and beasties for a period of time. Don't ask me to name them, just take my word for it.  

 

BTW I agree with your argument that to be eco-friendly, bales should really be locally sourced, but the same could be said about pretty much everything we 'consume' or use.

[AHPP]

Tell us.

Thought so.

[Justme]

On 26/05/2019 at 20:12, ESS said:

You could try Jenkinsons,  . Mike Gillette, or Elliot Henderson both run balers.

Do you have Mike's contact details?

[ESS]

On 16/04/2020 at 11:41, Justme said:

Do you have Mike's contact details?

If you search MG Harvesting it should find him.

[Justme]

17 minutes ago, ESS said:

If you search MG Harvesting it should find him.

Cheers

 

I found him in the end.