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Not being able to see the trees for the wood

Our small two and half acre tree plantation, consisting mostly of 23 year old conifers (Sitka Spruce) and some native trees, Alder and some Ash, was thinned in January 2009. The plantation had never been thinned before. Following our Close-to-nature-Continuous Cover forestry management plan, we marked (see the article link below) and then removed roughly…Read more Not being able to see the trees for the wood

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

Stories from the field and forest seminar at Red Stables, 17 July Dublin

Stories from the field & forest seminar at Red Stables 4-6pm, 17 July Dublin (image:Red Stables 2012) P Are you an artist, botanist, gardener, horticulturist or interested member of the public? Would you like to take part in a discussion on art and ecology? I've been asked recently to join this seminar and talk about my…Read more Stories from the field and forest seminar at Red Stables, 17 July Dublin