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Getting started in your own wood
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- Book Synopsis
- Owning a small wood or being able to help look after one well has become an increasingly popular subject. Getting Started in Your Own Wood has all you need to know about the basics. It is written by experts committed to the care and stewardship of woodland resources and provides practical advice and guidance for those coming to woodland management for the first time. Getting Started in Your Own Wood is an expanded and updated edition of Julian Evans's hugely successful Badgers, Beeches and Blisters, first published in the UK in 2006 and reprinted four times. Every chapter has been revised, and two new chapters were added by Will Rolls on firewood and tree pests and diseases. This revised and expanded edition includes: Owning or caring for a wood First steps Planting and caring for trees Natural regeneration Cleaning, pruning, thinning, and felling Coppicing and pollarding Woodland crafts and products Firewood and wood to burn Enriching the wood for wildlife Keeping your wood safe from pests and diseases Advice and where to get help.
- About The Author
- Julian Evans is a forest scientist who has owned and managed a 30-acre wood for thirty years. He has written and edited some sixteen books on forestry, including two that tell the story of his own wood, A Wood of Our Own and What Happened to Our Wood. He is currently president of Britain's Institute of Chartered Foresters. In 1997 he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire for his services to forestry and the third world.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781856232128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Permanent Publications, (01 January 2001)
- Number of Pages
- 168
- Weight
- 408 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 13 mm
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