What can you do with your woodland?

A bit on woodland management for fun and profit.

[RoninGroupUK]

Cant believe how much i just learned about woodlands in a 20 minute window. Great vid. Thank you.

[CleoHarperReturns]

I'm so glad you clearly defined the difference between what a forester wants for a managed woodland and how the ecology strives for something different. Many do not realize the differences between natural and man-made forests or that they both have their own rules. It's important to emphasize that line of demarcation; so few ever tell that story. Thank you! Liked, subbed & all the rest.

[sparxy]

Brilliantly informative video for even owners like me who are just interested in the investment, a bit of leisure and free wood for my wood stove. Plus a long-term desire to bring it slowly back to as wild as possible.


I loved this so I hope you take this in the warm humour it is intended. Watching you walking through the forest with video in hand, narrating is so Fast Show.

"Aren't trees BRILLIANT!!? They make wood for free, just from sun...AMAZING!! Then when you get loads of trees all in one place you can even grow a WHOLE BIG FOREST for BRILLIANT is that?!?!? Trees are BRILLIANT!!"

🙂

[browpetj]

Update on this woodland people... Storm Arwen took out some of it and the estate management who had more alot of sitka windthrown on their estate decided to process it with the rest of their losses. One estate near here had more than 100, 000 sitka down. Now they are all scrabbling to process the losses before they rot.

They have lost a bit on this piece of woodland due to poor management. This is such a small part of their portfolio that the losses are insignificant. Pennies make pounds though ofcourse.

Let me know if you want a follow up on this. Now they have 5 to 8 ft stumps and timber on the ground.

[jackooo]

Thanks for sharing, really into outdoor education at the moment

[euandick]

Thinning Sitka after 5 years? Err no.. You have some very interesting ideas though, can see your passion for this subject, I share that passion. Good job 👍

[pierevojzola]

Hi, i know what you are talking about and unfortunately you are right. Pruning and extraction of in between trees is part of management. Tree plantations ( not to be mixed up with natural woodlands) are seeded close together to force the trees to shoot for the sky and produce straight lumber. The pruning is done to manage the lower trunks, the trees are thinned to recover timber for fencing and give the plantation of trees space to grow. What you are looking at is a wind break for the paddock! We plant Pinus Radiata by the millions of samplings in huge plantations that are harvested every 25 to 30 years. Timber will be variable according to the place on the hill, valleys have different soil to slopes and hill tops, so the timber grain will differ. Nice to see you taking interest, by the way, whatever happened to the Scottish Pines? I read somewhere that they use to cover the highlands. Cheers mate. Harera

[DavidJames-oolu]

ive been looking to buy some land/woodland love the idea of being the keeper bring back its beauty if anyone knows anyone selling any land let me know

[Tomlinsky]

Blimey. That was worth the click. Very interesting mini-documentary which somehow hits home more being effectively on our own doorsteps. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

[rickygraven]

I'm looking for some we're like were you are as I'd like to start recycling wood cabin buildings project an gardening work etc

[SmartStrt]

I enjoyed it thanks.

The woodland near me is also small and poorly maintained. There are deer there and foxes and potentially badgers.

One question I would like to know the answer to, should dead trees be chopped up and removed or is it better to let them rot on the ground?

[larssoholt]

Here's an idea that could transform woodlands AND improve their overall health AND create a luxurious home!

Tree Fountain (aka Tree of Life)

1- Bore a hole into and up a tree being careful not to bisect the core of the tree.
Alternative: Use bamboo or grow sugar cane as a natural and permeable plumbing and cultivate it so that the tree grows around it.

2- Coat the inside of the hole with beeswax. I would highly recommend making a place to put a beehive in the tree near some water. The natural hum of the bees can promote health throughout the structure and through the water.

3- Put a water basin at the top and a fire pit or fireplace at the bottom.
The water basin can actually be used for a secondary water source that would promote growth and potentially allow for the tree to grow taller.

4- Put copper pipe around the inside of the fire pit or up the chimney for a fireplace. This will act as a pump. (You can also use a hotplate if you prefer) The copper pipe should only be used close to the intense heat of the fire. Any amount of heat promotes upward movement in this case.

5- Add water wheels (fidget spinners can be used for some decent mini water wheels) for electricity. This electricity can also be used to promote growth in the structure and in gardens. Check out how electricity is used to directly and drastically improve plant growth.

6- Add hanging gardens for fresh produce. A vertical style garden will do several things to improve overall health and productivity.

7- Splice other saplings and/or fresh tree cuttings using the tongue and groove method for shelter. This can be done with roots as well as branches. Encouraging roots to intermingle and cultivating a healthy mycelium bed are both ways that allow all the plants to share nutrients and different forms of protection. This would create a natural network that can be used similar to a computer for both the plants and people if a computer interface is plugged into the chemical language of the plants.

This design provides food, filtered and conditioned water and air, electricity, shelter and SO much more! Everything a person needs for life and survival. Hence the "Tree of Life" nickname!

In addition to the benefits listed and the techniques described, this structure will grow and get stronger over time.

Crystals can be used as a natural source of low level energy creation and as forms of transistors.

Cymatics can be used as a form of communication directly with the plants.

There is much more that can be done using this method for creating structures and homes BECAUSE it is living.

-This idea will eliminate 90% of the demand for large corporations and industries.

- This idea will reverse air pollution and filter the world's air naturally and beneficially.

- This idea will reveal the counterproductivity of governments and starve the governments of their power. Your fear and desperation.

There will be no need to clear cut entire forests to build ever again and this will encourage the natural ecology in our world instead of fighting with it.

Be a part of the change.
Not a part of the problem through government.

We have made excuses for ignoring the fact that we are supporting all the problems we state we are against. Let's be the change!!!

[topp]

dig 1m hole ad bit gravel to bottem, add a 2"pipe at angle back fill, plant tree on mound, and water on top and thru pipe, ure trees wil grow 3x faster use a digger go crazy dig 100 holes do 100 bzckfils with pipe and plant trees repeat repeat, deyl grow beasts 3x faster called ground water feeding or smet, buy me land and I'll plans and maintain❤UK England midlands

[GWAYGWAY]

That is not woodland it is a pine plantation, the soil is dead and covered with acidic needles.

[hugojames]

I would suggest admitting that you obviously don't really HAVE a woodland, and then buying a few cans of shitty white cider.

[buffplums]

I just hope that people who are buying woodland are doing so not for yet another log cabin off grid experience but more for the sake of the woodland and wildlife

[crystalawen]

How off putting: ‘I don’t like coming here’ ... then he goes there ?

[christopher]

John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

[wfhyubp]

So there's not much you can do with wooded land other than watch it grow and cut down the occasional tree. It's no good thinking that you can buy a patch of woodland and make it your own with the intention of living among the trees. It ain't going to happen, because there will always be some third party, local council prick dictating to you as to what you can and cannot do with YOUR OWN land. So what's the point in buying it in the first place ?. Might as well save your money. There are plenty of woodland places you can visit to do your tree hugging., and that's about as good as it gets. You can see in the video where a tree has been uprooted that the soil is depleted and shallow and no matter how much money you throw at it, it's not going to improve it. So, keep your pennies in your pocket until you can afford a plot of land with planning permission already in place.