L W Woodlands
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sounds interesting, and just up the road too, cheers
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the wildflower key , francis rose isbn 0-7232-2419-6 is very good. or find a local expert.. I tagged along with an ecologist looking at the meadows on the site I look after today, He pointed out many species I'd failed to notice/identify, he also described some of the specific relationships between certain plants and buterflies.
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saw this pic on a bookface group about the serengeti highway (look it up more wanton destruction of a large ecosystem) thought it sums up a lot of the comments on here:
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A mate had to fell a large ash. Whilst clearing thick bramble and thorn away from the butt something stalled the saw, he found what he described as 'a very slutty pair of lacy knickers' wrapped around chain/sprocket! Turned out there was a stash of about 20 pairs of them under there..
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seems to be some common themes here, shooting, bikes with and without engines, climbing, attempted guitaring for me. Anyone got anything else to add? where are the ballroom dancing arborists...!
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Not sure that the national park bods would be too keen about introducing bamboo, best to keep to native/ naturalised spp IMO.
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4th Jan, I have several hawthorn in a young hedge with emerging leaves and a couple more almost in full leaf. Just a result of the mild weather or some kind of stress response? I haven't seen it this early before.
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Indeed! as a young'un in forestry I recognise a few of the above, and have had the pleasure of working with some of the fearsome old machines (and people ) that are still out there! great thread
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Done, best of luck with the report.
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Formative pruning
L W Woodlands replied to L W Woodlands's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Long term aim is to produce some good quality timber. The first patch I went through last yr I pruned a lot of trees, this time I am only doing the best of the them, as you say the poorer trees can grow on and will become firewood. I have found that most trees pruned last yr have responded well and have better form although some of the bigger cuts have produced large epicormic shoots. Thanks coppicer, the national forest guide is one of the better ones i've seen. -
Hi I have a large area of broadleaf plantation to prune, thought I would ask for your thoughts. Seems to be a lot of different, even conflicting advice out there re timing, what and how much to remove, age of tree, size of limbs. I will be pruning oak ash beech about 5yr old, its the larger side branches and co/dominants that concern me and the trees response/effects of pruning and leaving large wounds in relation to stem thickness. would be interested to hear your thoughts.
