The small woodland has provided useful shelter for the stock in the winter, and has given us some decent planks and boards for rails used in fencing and making gates. I plan on harvesting a bit more of it, and perhaps even extending it as part of a scheme, and for future use. I'd love to be in my old age, and look at it with pride, and hopefully use the timbers on the farm as my grandfather has done.
If you were to recommend a strong, fast growing tree, for extending it, or replanting, what would it be? (Note it's in an upland area of Wales, not down south like most of you appear to be from on here
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I might take some pictures of it in the near future, to show how it's currently looking, and would welcome any ideas or suggestions what to do with it. The more I read about grants for woodland creation, I can't help but think how much I enjoy working with wood and nature, and surely there must be schemes to help with the costs of improving woodland, and not just creating it !