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Growing trees from seed.....
matelot replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We really need a "like" button on this website I used to grow trees from seed, tbh, I found it cheaper to buy trees from a nursery. I also find it a lot easier to carry/plant cell grown trees from a nursery as opposed to trees grown in plant pots. I've planted about 9,000 trees over the last quarter century -
I wish I stayed closer if I had a couple of thousand hectares to shoot squirrels my shotgun barrel would be red hot. Have you thought of advertising on some of the shooting websites? There must be plenty people that would be willing to shoot tree rats. Ten years ago we would see about 40 squirrels where we go shooting. Nowadays we rarely see any, but we now see lots of buzzards. My theory is that the buzzards are eating the squirrels. It could be an idea to encourage buzzards? I'd imagine a squirrel would be a tasty meal for a lot of birds of prey.
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I've had good results with live trapping as well. We normally use peanuts. If you had a rimfire I'd imagine smearing peanut butter over a tree trunk would bring them out into the open.
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Hawthorn? I don't think the tree rats would like the thorns.
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I think strictly speaking you would need planning permission to process wood, unless you're harvesting all the wood from your smallholding? I've spent more than my fair share of time designing noise fences for motorways if you put a physical barrier between your chainsaw and neighbours house your neighbour will hear less noise. If you pile a mound of earth round your yard your neighbours will hear less, even a couple of shipping containers will contain noise. Could you use an electric saw to cut the wood? When I'm on construction sites I notice electric pumps are a lot quieter than engine ones...
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It might bean idea to contact the local council and ask for a copy of their local plan (sometimes called area plan). This shows a colour coded map of the area that shows how the council want the different areas used. If your yard is shown industrial you should be laughing What was the yard used as before? If it was industrial/ noisy there is more chance you will get away with using chainsaws. In the mean time how about using quieter equipment? What it says in your lease wont be of interest to the council.
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if you think the tree is going to fall on a road I would email the local council highways department. let the council decide if it's dangerous or not. I'd keep a record of the email.
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Most of our land is in the central belt of Scotland. Looking at the John Clegg website it seems that £2k an acre is a rough value of commercial forestry in Scotland.
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My dad bought a fair amount of woodland/grazing at £400 an acre, for a long time the value remained at £400 an acre. The value of it now is about £2000 an acre. Yeah, it's been a good investment, but looking forward I can't see how the grazing rental/ timber sales can justify the capital value. On our grazing land the rental just about covers the cost of renewing the fencing..... I think buying woodland is more about having somewhere to chill out, and doing something for nature. And for me that really is priceless
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How many tree have you planted
matelot replied to Triassic's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
There's a charity called "Trees for Life", they run weeks in the Scottish Highlands where you plant trees to re establish the Caledonia pine forests. I've planted about 8,000 trees it's magic seeing how well the are growing, the biggest ones are over 30 foot high -
Replacing gorse with something else
matelot replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Hi, long time lurker here I've planted trees amongst gorse with fairly disappointing results. I cut circles into the gorse of about 6 foot diameter, and then planted a mixture of broadleaves. Most of the trees never really took. I don't know if there was still too much shade, it also crossed my mind that the leaf litter beneath the gorse wasn't good for trees. The only trees that seemed to do well were some oak. If I was doing it again I would clear bigger areas of gorse. You can also use the cut gorse as a "fence" to keep any deer out. Depending on the site you could maybe burn the gorse? Obviously not if there are any nesting birds though. Good luck anyway, I've read your other tree planting posts with interest.
