admin on December 16th, 2008

Currently I am marking a small sitka spruce plantation near Cavan town for its first thinning.  It is not a line thinning, as most plantations get in a first thinning.  Instead I am selecting trees of good, straight form that are lightly branched and firmly rooted and then marking out the trees that are inhibiting [...]

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admin on December 16th, 2008

Nearly fifteen years have passed since the Local Project was started in the South Leitrim area.  The passing of time sometimes changes my memory of reality. I wonder does that happen to everybody. For example, I used to tell people that the reason for starting up the Local Project was that at that time the [...]

Continue reading about Broadleaves DO Grow In Leitrim – Part 1