I am tickled pink with our developing Oak woodland

[difflock]

What had been cut-out Moss, and overgrown by Birch, is now home to an amazing no of naturally seeded Oaks, with a few beauitful Beech in places.

I am currently felling the overshadowing birch so they, the Oaks, will grow stocky, and hopefully therefore less likely to suffer windthrow later in their life(after I am long gone!)

Leaving the Birch where they fall to feed fungi n bugs n beetles n such etc.

Taking a surprising pleasure and satisfaction in doing so.

marcus

[mickdundee]

Sounds like rewarding work difflock

[andrew t]

You don't get much more rewarding than that must be great seeing it all come together .

[muldonach]

Careful now Marcus - next thing you will be stopping up the ditches to re-wet the moss!!

 

Seriously however there are few things more rewarding long term than watching and helping a wood to regenerate.

 

cheers

mac

[ecotreecare]

Pictures? Sounds fantastic!

[difflock]

Careful now Marcus - next thing you will be stopping up the ditches to re-wet the moss!!

 

Seriously however there are few things more rewarding long term than watching and helping a wood to regenerate.

 

cheers

mac

 

absolutly no need to stop up ditchs (or sheaughs ) all moss moss n more moss, NO sheaughs to stop up.

back up this afternoon, I just keep find more n more Oaks, and the odd Beech, I would love to know the vector for the Acorns, carried at least a 1/2 mile to a mile "as the crow flies", but prob Grey Squirrells or Jays?

 

Might need to hire a microlight and take a look from aloft.

 

or buy a quad copter n camera:lol:

cheers

m