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Patula Forestry Partnership

Badgers, Beeches & Blisters (Irish Edition)
Tree planting and woodland ownership

Authors:Julian Evans and Ken Gill
Published:October 2008
Price:€18 inc. p&p
Format:Paperback 133 pp, 44 illustrations
ISBN:978-0-9541947-2-7

A specially revised and updated edition aimed at woodland owners – potential and existing - in Ireland incorporating the latest information concerning rural regulations that affect forestry and the new forestry grant scheme introduced in 2007. These and other revisions for this special Irish edition have been undertaken by Ken Gill and include useful addresses, sources of information, and tips on good forestry practice particularly relevant to conditions in Ireland.

Julian is delighted to welcome Ken Gill as co-author for this edition. Ken is a beef farmer in County Offaly who became interested in managing his areas of neglected woodland. He did so well that in 2005 he gained a Special Merit Award and a year later scooped the top honours in the Bio-Diverse Forest/Woodlands category at the annual RDS/Irish Forest Service Awards which seek to promote excellence that combines production of timber and diverse forest habitats. Ken is a Board member of CRANN an NGO which seeks to raise awareness of and promote sustainable woodland management focusing on hardwoods (broadleaves) for the benefit of production and conservation.

Publication is supported by Crann.

The text is richly illustrated by pen and ink sketches, mainly by artist and forester John White but also by Stephen Evans.

Contents

  1. Your new purchase
  2. First steps
  3. How do you want to enjoy your wood?
  4. Guests visiting your wood
  5. Some things for which you need permission
  6. Planting and caring for trees
    • Planting a wood
    • Natural regeneration
    • Cleaning, pruning, thinning, and felling
    • Coppicing and pollarding
  7. Woodland crafts and produce
  8. Enriching woodland for wildlife
  9. Advice, taxation and certification issues
Appendices: glossary, tree species descriptions, further reading, organisations to join, useful addresses