Big difference in one year
I am coming up to the 4th anniversary of taking ownership of Bel’s Wood. So much has changed in that time and yet I feel I am at the beginning of this journey of creating a wood. The saplings were delivered last December and planted by mid January. Mulch mats were added February - May Followed by 31/2 months of bracken bashing Watching the saplings grow has been a joy with some anxiety thrown in. I took stock of their growth a couple of months ago https://belswood20.blogspot.com/2024/09/celebrating-new-trees.html Since the bracken died back I have enjoyed spending time at the wood removing grass from spirals, pushing back the remnants of bracken and clearing some brambles where a sapling is being overwhelmed. I have also ‘captured’ quite a few naturally regenerating oaks and hazels. Oaks I am leaving the birch without spirals or stakes as they are thriving more than those that I planted. I may move some which are strad...