Extending the Glade
The boundary of the Glade at the centre of the wood has been fixed since I cleared it nine years ago, but yesterday I started… Read More »Extending the Glade
2018
Natural regeneration: Nature’s grassroots rebellion
There’s a rebellion going on in Britain. All around us. The resistance wins some battles and loses others. It has fought us since we first began to clear woodlands and create fields thousands of years ago. Its aim is reforestation with native trees, its method is natural regeneration, and in more and more places it is winning – increasingly with our help.
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Woodlanders Ep7: Off grid forestry
I’ve just watched the beautiful Episode 7 of the Woodlanders series of films. This episode is about Tinker’s Bubble in Somerset and how they do… Read More »Woodlanders Ep7: Off grid forestry
Small woodlands: the Long Tail of forestry
The long tail concept is now commonplace in business and computing. It’s the idea that most subjects are dominated by a very large number of small categories. That the “big hits” are actually outsold by all the niche songs or films or books that sell in ones and twos. Some of this thinking can also be applied to forestry, and how small woodlands can be brought into management.
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