How our trees have grown!!, originally uploaded by CathyArt. We've found an old photo of our place from around 2000-1 (it was the night after our 'field-warming' party, before we got the mobile home. The mountain was quite cleary visible then but only 7 years later and the trees have been acting like triffids as…Read more How our trees have grown!!
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Thinning to easily create an ecologically & economically sustainable forest, in South Carlow, Ireland
Hi all, Thinning started in our small spruce plantation on Monday!! It's very exciting to see the huge amount of light now coming in; we have a new clearing too which we will be planted with fast growing pioneer species. For our soil conditions, we'll be putting in alder and birch, that will prepare the…Read more Thinning to easily create an ecologically & economically sustainable forest, in South Carlow, Ireland
The ‘before’ shot – converting spruce monoculture into a real forest
Since not wanting to tempt fate (we have only recently only got felling licence after a lengthy delay), I've been holding off posting the 'before' shot of our site, before thinning, which is the next step in converting our spruce wood into a sustainable woodland. Here's the shot of our site from Google, we have…Read more The ‘before’ shot – converting spruce monoculture into a real forest
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