Whistling Kettle

On 11/05/2024 at 09:13, Excels1or said:

Whitebeam?

Could be, they look very similar including the flowers

Cheers 

Pics are of some trees growing out of farm drainage ditches, are these wayfaring trees,.. Cheers 

Davanti Terratoura

I've done my cross cutting and maintenance, and small tree felling tickets, half way through the week of training I met an employer and have got a job to go into next month, getting some tickets opens doors, and is a very good way to meet new contacts

Foxgloves making a comeback



33 minutes ago, Hillbillee said:

I have camped in the past. I can walk from where I live to the wood in 15 mins so I stick to home comforts! I have a big shed with a stove in it, as I'll often spend the day down there.

Good stuff, be nice burning some oak wood, I used to camp at a place that has some oak trees, the seasoned branch wood was a good slow burner in the firebox

1 hour ago, Hillbillee said:

I'm a woodland owner, just over an acre of oak. It's  a hobby and I love it. I'm in the Midlands 

Sounds nice that mate 

Think there's around thirty plots in this wood 

There's only two fairly young oaks in here, but there is some impressive mature oaks in other parts of the wood 

Do you camp in your wood? 

I'm out tonight, think it's going to be a cold one, but nice with the wood stove going

3 hours ago, woody paul said:

 Nice work, but if you are selling timber cut it lower also a nightmare for anyone want to get about in there with tractor. 

Cheers WP

No not selling, the wood will be used in here, either as building material, or firewood 

I usually cut low then level the stumps off at near ground level, these couple of larch had a twist in the bottom of the trunk, and I thought they might spin off in the wrong direction so cut the notches in a bit higher

28 minutes ago, Stere said:

Nice humboldt gob

Cheers, I was a bit dubious of felling this Larch, it had a slight lean on it along with its neighbouring tree after storm Arwen, but had they uprooted themselves they would have landed on top of my camp, glad to say they landed where I planned for

45 minutes ago, Hillbillee said:

Where is it? Looks an interesting project. Are you doing it as a hobby?

It's in Northumberland mate, and it is my interest, I'm not a trained forester, or tree worker, got a background in horticulture, but I'd like to do something in tree work in the future

Habitat piles 

Dead hedging, and some regeneration of foxglove, Rowan, Sitka spruce, and Silver Birch

These two pics were taken a day apart before and after storm Arwen

I've been working on a few acres of mainly Sitka spruce, and Silver Birch getting on for three years now, aiming to return it back to more of a native woodland

On 30/11/2022 at 07:49, Gimlet said:

Reprieve. 1000 metres of Northumberland style just come in only four miles from home.

Noticed some recently laid hedge in Northumberland lately near Longhorsley, good to see, have you had any joy on the chainsaw training, I'm looking to do some training if I can, think they usually like to get a few trainees together to start a course