Woodland management

[low plains drifter 10,481]

Snaggy wet days work today, still love it 

Looks like the bracken is weakening off after the beating, hopefully not come back as strong next season

 

 

[mel b 2,402]

Looks like you've had another busy one. .

I've tried bracken beating for the last couple of years , and although it held the bracken back a bit , it's still growing.  This year I've been strimming,  and hoping that it won't come back next year.

[low plains drifter 10,481]

1 hour ago, mel b said:

Looks like you've had another busy one. .

I've tried bracken beating for the last couple of years , and although it held the bracken back a bit , it's still growing.  This year I've been strimming,  and hoping that it won't come back next year.

I was thinking the same way, if the bracken comes back strong I'll hit it with the brush cutter next year, been watching a bit on charcoal making, these little kilns look good 

 

[low plains drifter 10,481]

Nice fresh day today 

Thinning, and dead hedging 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by low plains drifter
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[mel b 2,402]

20 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

I was thinking the same way, if the bracken comes back strong I'll hit it with the brush cutter next year, been watching a bit on charcoal making, these little kilns look good 

 

That's a cracking video . I reckon it could be quite relaxing once you've mastered the art.

Unless you were selling the charcoal,  you'd need to have plenty of bbqs to make it worthwhile. 

[low plains drifter 10,481]

2 hours ago, mel b said:

That's a cracking video . I reckon it could be quite relaxing once you've mastered the art.

Unless you were selling the charcoal,  you'd need to have plenty of bbqs to make it worthwhile. 

I might give charcoal making a go in the future, I've got stacks of birch wood at different stages of seasoning, got to consider the options 

 

 

[low plains drifter 10,481]

 

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4 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Nice fresh day today 

Thinning, and dead hedging 

 

Nice pics mate beautiful mushroom the staghorn looks like it would be more at home in an aquarium 

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It is a really beautiful, inedible mushroom. One often can spot it from distance, because it looks like a freshly set fire emerging from conifer stumps or roots.

 

[mel b 2,402]

54 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

I might give charcoal making a go in the future, I've got stacks of birch wood at different stages of seasoning, got to consider the options 

 

 

I reckon that charcoal making could be one of those skills that takes a long time to master.

[low plains drifter 10,481]

28 minutes ago, mel b said:

I reckon that charcoal making could be one of those skills that takes a long time to master.

He who dares Rodders 

 

[mel b 2,402]

7 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

He who dares Rodders 

 

It would be nice if you could produce enough to make a living. That would be a good reason to build a cabin in the woods.

[low plains drifter 10,481]

9 hours ago, mel b said:

It would be nice if you could produce enough to make a living. That would be a good reason to build a cabin in the woods.

Have you got any goat willow in your woods, there's some where I am which looks like it's been coppiced in the past, I was thinking there could have been charcoal makers here before

[mel b 2,402]

2 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

Have you got any goat willow in your woods, there's some where I am which looks like it's been coppiced in the past, I was thinking there could have been charcoal makers here before

I haven’t noticed any. Mine is 90% oak , with a few,  rowan , Holly,  Hazel,  and the odd bit of this and that.

If your woodland has been used to produce charcoal in the past , you're halfway to your log cabin .

[low plains drifter 10,481]

15 hours ago, mel b said:

I haven’t noticed any. Mine is 90% oak , with a few,  rowan , Holly,  Hazel,  and the odd bit of this and that.

If your woodland has been used to produce charcoal in the past , you're halfway to your log cabin .

I was looking into the hybrid firewood willows a while back, supposed to produce a very quick regrow

[mel b 2,402]

1 hour ago, low plains drifter said:

I was looking into the hybrid firewood willows a while back, supposed to produce a very quick regrow

I haven’t heard of those to be honest .

I look into all sorts of projects,  but I constantly get sidetracked,  and end up doing something else instead. 

How much time do you spend working in your woodland?. You certainly put some hard graft in.