One of the most frequently asked questions to arise when people attend Pro Silva Ireland forest visits is “What about stability?” People have seen the damage that the strong Atlantic winds can cause to a conifer plantation but we have nothing else to compare against this because the only commercial ‘forests’ we have here are [...]
Every day as I go about my daily activities I find myself trying to think of more ways to communicate to people involved in forests & timber industries in Ireland about this other way of approaching forest management. I am certain that if forest owners here knew there was another approach to forestry than [...]
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At the very start of the snowy weather I met with Derek Richardson at the roadside at Inishconnell. Derek runs his own trucking business and on this job he is driving for Balcas, carting the timber from the roadside at Inishconnell to their sawmill and timber yard near Enniskillen. Derek Richardson arriving at the forest. Derek is [...]
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Hazel catkin braving the snow Out walking along our avenue yesterday I noticed many of the hazel trees have released their catkins. To me, this is always the first sign of spring. It’s amazing to think that in this freezing, snowy weather, beneath the surface the soil is beginning to stir. The trees are [...]
This evening I walked down to the Cabin woods to stack a bit more of the firewood cut by Niall last week. It was such a cold evening, but bright, and I took a look around the little forest where the trees had been thinned. I like to leave the branches from the harvested trees [...]
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