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A Wood Of Our Own
| Author: | Julian Evans |
| Published: | October 1995 |
| Price: | £14.95 inc. p&p |
A Wood of Our Own was published by Oxford University Press in October 1995 and was reprinted in 1998.
It went out of print in the year 2000, but was reprinted in paperback in 2003 by
Permanent Publications.
It tells the events of the first 10 years of owning our wood and proved a popular story as the demand
indicates and extracts from reviews show.
Contents
- The purchase
- What we had bought
- Mainly about railways, writers, and wildwood
- Ruth's gloves
- Encounters of the rural kind
- The planting of Taid's wood
- Mother-in-law's dustbin
- The half-past-two roe deer
- The great storms of '87 and '90
- The timber sale
- Harvesting the pine
- The coming of the greys
- Over the fence
- Nain's copse
- Oak
- Not only for timber
Reviews
"...attractively produced and written with infectious enthusiasm..."
Duff Hart-Davis, The Independent
"...it vividly conveys - together with a great deal of sound basic knowledge - the hopes,
fears and ultimate sense of achievement..."
Bill Wright Quarterly, Journal of Forestry
"How anyone, after reading this book, could not have a hankering to own and work a woodland
is beyond me. Compulsory reading for anyone interested in trees and the countryside
and a wonderful present."
Geoff Godschalk, Trees are News
"...he here combines anecdote, natural history and professional wisdom in a gripping story."
HeartWOOD
"It is a fascinating and extremely readable account..."
Colin Mann, Editor Institute of Chartered Foresters News
"His enthusiasm is infectious, however, and his long-term vision and commitment to a project
which will only pay real dividends after several generations are heartening."
Jill Gandy, Jane Austen Society Newsletter
"Julian Evans has written a charming and readable book which will be enjoyed by foresters
(perhaps tinged with envy) and laymen alike."
R C Steele, Commonwealth Forestry Review
"...written in an appealingly modest tone by a leading research forester ... is full of
practical and scientific detail explained in straightforward terms."
Esmond Harris, Tree News
"Not a dry reference book ... it is more a diary of woodland events, entertainingly
described and forming almost a microcosm of the wider forestry world ...
laced with humour and anecdote. Here then is a highly readable book packed with useful fact,
humour and reminiscence. It would appeal to foresters, farmers,
woodland owners, in fact anyone with an interest in forestry who is weary of textbooks
and enjoys a good fireside read."
Chris Hughes, Association of Professional Foresters Newsletter
"...a thoughtful book by Julian Evans on the ups and downs and joys and toils of
buying and managing a small wood. The book vividly exposes ... his passion for his family,
his wood and ... his God."
George Dunn, Country Landowners Magazine
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