low plains drifter 11,127 Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 (edited) 26 minutes ago, mel b said: I've been clearing the bracken from a couple of spots at my place . I've been doing it about three times a year , for about five years . It seems to have pretty much stopped it now though . I wanted to do more , but on the really steep parts , the juice just ain't worth the squeeze. What will you be planting ?. If you want , oak , Hazel, Holly, rowan . You're more than welcome to pop up and get as many saplings as you want . I put in a few sweet chestnuts , but the farmers sheep got in and ate the lot. The fuckers did the same with the Tenby daffodils. I've got a couple of three year old walnut saplings to go in , but I'll put cages around them. I still want to get a few fruit trees in at some point as well. I'm looking to plant guelder rose, dogwood, wayfaring tree, spindle, the odd field maple etc, broken up alongside a few short lengths of hawthorn for edging the rides. And replacing some of the felled spruce with oak, might do a bit of a mix with some Hazel, and got a few ash saplings to bring up. There's quite a bit of regeneration of spruce, larch, rowan and the Birch is prolific like clumps of grass. This place could probably be a full time job if I was to plant coppicing and do charcoal making etc, got other things like a mixed fruit orchard in mind, but again it's all time and graft Edited July 6 by low plains drifter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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mel b 3,519 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 20 minutes ago, low plains drifter said: I'm looking to plant guelder rose, dogwood, wayfaring tree, spindle, the odd field maple etc, broken up alongside a few short lengths of hawthorn for edging the rides. And replacing some of the felled spruce with oak, might do a bit of a mix with some Hazel, and got a few ash saplings to bring up. There's quite a bit of regeneration of spruce, larch, rowan and the Birch is prolific like clumps of grass. This place could probably be a full time job if I was to plant coppicing and do charcoal making etc, got other things like a mixed fruit orchard in mind, but again it's all time and graft That's the problem with a woodland. You buy it to just sit in and relax , but little by little, it becomes a full time job , that you have to fit in around your other full time job . At least most of it is pretty enjoyable . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,127 Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 17 minutes ago, mel b said: That's the problem with a woodland. You buy it to just sit in and relax , but little by little, it becomes a full time job , that you have to fit in around your other full time job . At least most of it is pretty enjoyable . This is it mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,127 Posted July 20 Author Report Share Posted July 20 Bit of brash burning Windblown clearance Habitat creation and some regeneration 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,519 Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 You've been hard at it as always mate . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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