The Woodlands.co.uk Blog
Woodland Courses 2009 Pt 1
Now that you have your new 2009 diary, book some time to brush up your woodland skills or learn new ones. From the purely practical to the extremely esoteric, whatever you want to learn, there’s a course out there for you.
How to Sharpen a Chainsaw
Tips and hints on maintaining that essential bit of kit. Guy Litchfield of Plumpton College gives a video demonstration for Woodlands TV: Read more…
The Woodlands.co.uk Christmas Quiz 2008
How much useless information have you tucked away in your mind? If it’s not in there, it’s all in this year’s selection of blogs. A copy of Roger Deakin’s “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees” to the first 6 replies with the correct answers. E-mail your answers to catherine@woodlands.co.uk . Answers will be posted in January
Owning a Wood - the first few weeks
Novice wood owners, Gordon and Enid Chambers, give their first impressions. After they’d finally “moved in”, did it live up to expectations?…. Read more…
Falconry and Woodlands
Evan Davidson flies birds of prey in and around the Yorkshire area. He explains how his interest in falconry brought him to us …
I first got involved with Woodlands.co.uk about four years ago when I noticed one of their signs beside woodland they manage near Harrogate. The local area holds good rabbit numbers and the bird I was flying at the time, a female Harris hawk, needed to learn to fly in close tree cover. Read more…
Catching and Gutting a Fish
There is nothing more satisfying than being able to catch and prepare your own supper. Alex McKenzie, bushcraft expert, demonstrates how to catch and clean a trout in the first part of the Woodlands tv Bushcraft Series. Read more…
Brambles (Rubus fructicosus)
The bramble is a common native species. It is found in many different types of plant communities from woodlands, to heaths and dunes though it is not found in native pine woodland, and is generally more common in lowland than upland woods.
Cricket Bat Willow
Everyone knows that cricket is the sound of “leather on willow”, but it’s not any old willow. Cricket Bat Willow is a variety all of its own – Salix alba ‘Caerulea’. This fast-growing and straight-stemmed variety of willow produces wood that is tough but lightweight and does not shatter easily - ideal for cricket bats.