how best to tackle this french oak woodland

[Paul in France]

Thanks to everyone for your contributions.

I feel much encouraged by your positivity Normandy and also I do value cautionary advice such as that from Arbmark and take it on board. I'm 59 Woodyguy so my inroad into a 200 year cycle will be fairly limited unfortunately! Amazing approach though. Don't know about truffles Cod but we do have ceps.

I've found an English forester here and we are going to meet up within the next couple of weeks hopefully and he is prepared to give professional advice and train me in chainsaw use and maintenance if I decide that bow saws are too demanding on the old joints!

I am doing a lot of research - as with anything new you only realise how little you know once you start to dig deep. This site is a godsend. Safety is paramount. I've got friends not too far away and it's scary how they jump into the woods with chainsaws getting trees hung-up etc. And how to tell them without sounding like an old tw*t....

Yes, a plan's a good idea Gardenmac - although the area isn't huge I'm still finding new bits and getting lost at times.

Cheers all and thanks for taking the time to help.

[sandspider]

Any progress here, Paul? Or any more pics? I'm pretty jealous...

[Eddy_t]

Mmmmm you should manage the wood just for those penny buns! Fried in butter! Just remember knocking out too many oaks will get rid of those fungi, as boletes are mycorrhizal fungi that help the trees

 

 

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