Forest management

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

Permanent forests: with close to nature-continuous cover forestry

[this post is for new followers of my forest transformation work - some material I have written about previously on my older ecoartnotebook.com site] While I have been concentrating a lot lately on doing written research for my thesis, my forest keeps on growing, and fast! People here may may complained over Ireland's recent cold…Read more Permanent forests: with close to nature-continuous cover forestry

How our trees have grown!!

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!!