Hi from Argyll

[ballibeg]

New face here. Bringing our small hardwood wood into management over the coming years. Hope it will compliment our other smallholding activities.

Doing felling license now.

Dave

[Dexter's Shed]

Hi Dave, perhaps you could write a small introduction about your woodland, rough location,size and overall plans for it

[Bulworthy Project]

Hi Dave

Welcome to the forum and greetings from Devon

Anna and Pete

[ballibeg]

We're a smallholding of about 14 acres. 7 acres mature hardwood mainly beech, some European redwoods, some rare rhodedendrons, a lot of ponticum and everything in between. The rest is grazing for sheep, two pig areas, a large polytunnel, allotment and an orchard.

My wood hasn't been managed for decades so I plan to bring it back into a working wood for foraging, pigs and wildlife. It's dense in there so I'll open it out through felling and coppice/replant as I go. I've sold the large natives to a local museum and will use rest for firewood log sales. I use an old Ford 4000 and husqvana 372xp. As a pro mountaineer I've no probs nipping up the tops.

Rest of my time is looking after 3 kids who are older and need me less...hence time to start on wood with earnest.

You've probably seen my place on the tv but I'm giving no more hints!

Dave

[Dexter's Shed]

sounds like you have a good set up there, remember to join the facebook page too, should I have seen you on telly?
unless you're hugh or rob, can't think of any daves,lol