BBC4 woodsman?

[coppiceer]

Looking around the internet, those forums where owners rather than doers predominate are more complimentary about this program than this site. This tends to confirm to me that many(most?) owners are simply not prepared to spend the money necessary to make a wood "work".

 

The only scene that I could identify with was where he was swearing and moaning whilst trying to get through the undergrowth.

 

Personally, I was unhappy about the so-called "shelter" that he had erected for the pigs and I would like to hear some opinions from people with experience of pig-keeping. After all, the pigs were going to do a useful job of of work for him, and, if it were me, I would have felt obliged to get the advice of the RSPCA and provide them with good quality shelter.

[Andy Collins]

Interetingly point of view, and I can see where you are coming from, this does lead me to think that many would leave the woodlands to their own devices, rather than spend good money on proper management. So it brings it back around to the fact that its going to be the city type down sizing for a less stressful lifestyle who would do this for the fun of it.

As far as the pig shelter, I was expecting him to wall the sides with straw or something, pigs like to be warm and dry, not a draught.

[Stereo]

I too thought the pig shelter was inadequate. Not only from wind / rain but also sunshine. I'm no expert at all but it looked pretty poor to me.

[s.varty]

I too thought the pig shelter was inadequate. Not only from wind / rain but also sunshine. I'm no expert at all but it looked pretty poor to me.

 

I wouldnt worry to much about that pig shelter, apparantly there was a light breeze forecast last night, it,ll be long gone:biggrin:

[Mycoman]

Light breeze? If either of those pigs leans on it it's curtains....