Wooding today 24/01/2017
Had a day at the woods today, largely spent collecting up the last of the logs which I chain sawed …
Category Archives: Woodland management
Christmas Trees
Well I have somewhat gone against my principles and planted some non native trees in my woodland. I have planted …
Feeding station
Recently I have set up a feeding station near to the entrance to the woods. Feeding station is a rather grand …
Christmas list… for woodland owners.
I went shopping yesterday, yes I would rather have spent the time in my wood, but it had to be …
Dothistroma update
My bit of Ninwells wood was largely populated with Corsican Pine when I bought it back in 2013. They looked …
Path maintenance
I have developed a small network of paths through my wood. Just as well because having felled all the Corsican …
Woodland flowers of the Wye valley; Rosebay Willow Herb (Chamerion angustifolium)
This is sometimes known as Fireweed, because it will often spring up in an area where there has been a …
Searching for Acorns, Ninewells wood
Last year I collected hundreds of Beech masts and Hazel nuts, and managed to grow quite a lot of them …
Felling licence conditions
Recently I had a look at the conditions of my felling licence. I had not seen them earlier because they …
Recent work at the wood
Recently despite Autumn moving in, it has been beautiful sunny weather, so I have been making good use of it at …
Ninewells Wood 