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First timber from Hollywood is made into something special

As you can see, some of our conifer trees are getting big. When our forest contractor Sean Hoskins and his fellow worker Conor Murphy, selectively felled some trees for Hollywood's 2nd thinning in January, Conor asked if he could have our largest cut tree, in exchange for reducing his felling fee. "Sure", I said, surprised.…Read more First timber from Hollywood is made into something special

And a river runs through it – postscript to my recent river-forest-bird post

I have been thinking of other perspectives and features of the valley where my work is located and what it informs it. Nearby is a stream, that often becomes a small river in winter or in our too frequent wet summers. It was once known at the 'Black River' 300 years ago (as it came…Read more And a river runs through it – postscript to my recent river-forest-bird post