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practicalities: transformation of a conifer plantation to a forest

Following on from my last post, the practicalities of employing close to nature-continuous cover forest management are centered on maximising and or imitating physical events that occur in forests: natural regeneration (of new tree seedlings) and tree death (in natural settings this may occur from wind damage or lightening). This type of forest management is…Read more practicalities: transformation of a conifer plantation to a forest

A good forest economy now needed in Ireland

The first 'forest to fuel' meeting organised by the Transition Town group FutureProof Kilkenny and Glas last week turned out to be a good event with much local interest. Contributions were made  from Glas on German woodburners and gasifiers. I made a short presentation about how my art project is documenting our transformation of our…Read more A good forest economy now needed in Ireland

Our baby Ash forest is coming up fast!

our new baby Ash forest is coming up!, originally uploaded by CathyArt. Our forest floor is now covered with tiny green seedlings, our free future forest. We are finding it hard to walk now and not squash any but they'll keep coming up next year too. From all the seedlings appearing, we know it's going…Read more Our baby Ash forest is coming up fast!