The daffodil picking season at Treragin Wood is coming towards the end now, with later varieties more dependent on length of daylight than temperature. There’s probably two more weeks of commercial picking, and then just a few late leftovers for the home. A couple of local walking groups visit us most years to enjoy the
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I recently went to look at a possible job on the South West Coast Path (it’s a tough life, but someone has to do it!), and took the opportunity to look at a number of our old projects. We have undertaken quite a few habitat reinstatement and translocation works, going back to the 1990s. One
I was often asked something like this when I started undertaking new tree planting schemes. There is of course no right or wrong answer, but there are a few guidelines: ** Five years of careful weeding may be needed when trees are first planted. (And they will have had two or three years in the
We have been picking daffodils at Treragin Wood for over two weeks now, the earliest start in twenty years, and so far we have kept up with the rate of production. So we do not yet have a field of yellow flowers for you to see yet. The picking season usually lasts about 10 to
I’ve just finished a woodland management plan for a local farmer, helped courtesy of a planning grant from the Forestry Commission. It still needs agreement and signing off by the Forestry Commission, which could be more interesting than usual, as the woods are part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest. If you need a
Toad Hollow Archers recently held a beginners’ taster session at Treragin Wood. Field archery takes place in woods, not fields, and this local club use our wood for training. Targets are set up around the wood, and provide a course for people to follow – a bit like orienteering. The club had eight new
Having made the decision to focus full time on Wildlife Woodlands, we decided to revamp the web-site. Something of a steep learning curve, but helped by Rachel (Simon’s daughter) and Christopher (my son) we settled on WordPress, and this is the current result. Design and content with help from Red Snapper, and Webcube, but the
Time for some work on my own wood for a change; and very relaxing that can be. Planted 21 years ago now, I have watched it mature over the years, and it is now being thinned for firewood. Its kept our woodburner fully supplied for nearly ten years, but we are now at the stage
Some hard work the last couple of weeks! Following the obtaining of a felling licence from the Forestry Commission I was at last able to make a start on the new track, essential for future management of the wood. Five hard days of felling followed, over a two week period (you have to take your
Following completion of the purchase of Hillball Wood, I spent a number of days working on the repair and restoration of an old stone shed there. Quite a few people stopped to admire the work, and ask me what the history of the shed was. To be honest I don’t know, but I did find
