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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!

Chipping party fiasco: what happens when you don’t use the right machines and 400 trees for Kilkenny

Hi all, Just an update on our chipping party that we planned for Easter last weekend. Well, the weather forecast was bad but  in fact it was a beautiful spring weekend. Many thanks to friends, Eileen and Steph, even turned up early on Good Friday before we were to start chipping on Sat to help…Read more Chipping party fiasco: what happens when you don’t use the right machines and 400 trees for Kilkenny

Forestry in Ireland: tax free, like an artist’s exemption? Pro Silva Ireland field day this coming Saturday

(Pro Silva Ireland field- day this coming Saturday 25th April 09, see end of post for details) I was just about to start a post on our disastrous chipping weekend when I heard a report on RTE Radio 1 Farmweek programme  this morning (Sat 18 Apr, 09) about forestry this morning. All ears, I typed…Read more Forestry in Ireland: tax free, like an artist’s exemption? Pro Silva Ireland field day this coming Saturday