Hi folks,
I thought I'd share after our first session felling in our new woodland. We had hoped to get started earlier in the year but were delayed by paperwork and the need for a felling license so we are starting a bit late - a lot of the trees are already bursting into leaf, and the weather last week was stinking hot.
We've been heating with wood for years, but this is our first season cutting our own.
So far most of it is pretty low grade - mostly sweet chestnut which is slow to season and pretty light when it is - but we have cleared the way to bring down around 8 oaks. Our aim is to thin the canopy and let more light in to the sweet chestnut and hazel.
I've put a few photos up, but we didn't have the camera with us for most of it.
The order of attack was pretty much to fell the sweet chestnut coppice poles - straight sections were put aside for using around the garden at home, everything else was pretty much cut to six foot lengths and stacked by the track side. We are getting a professional in for the next stage to help drop the oaks as we aren't quit ready for that yet!
You can see the photo album here: Elfric Wood on Facebook
I'm planning on keeping a diary of it over the next few years as we work the area.
All the best,
Mike
I thought I'd share after our first session felling in our new woodland. We had hoped to get started earlier in the year but were delayed by paperwork and the need for a felling license so we are starting a bit late - a lot of the trees are already bursting into leaf, and the weather last week was stinking hot.
We've been heating with wood for years, but this is our first season cutting our own.
So far most of it is pretty low grade - mostly sweet chestnut which is slow to season and pretty light when it is - but we have cleared the way to bring down around 8 oaks. Our aim is to thin the canopy and let more light in to the sweet chestnut and hazel.
I've put a few photos up, but we didn't have the camera with us for most of it.
The order of attack was pretty much to fell the sweet chestnut coppice poles - straight sections were put aside for using around the garden at home, everything else was pretty much cut to six foot lengths and stacked by the track side. We are getting a professional in for the next stage to help drop the oaks as we aren't quit ready for that yet!
You can see the photo album here: Elfric Wood on Facebook
I'm planning on keeping a diary of it over the next few years as we work the area.
All the best,
Mike