by Dylan Hardy | Aug 17, 2022 | Woodland Management
I’m coming toward the end of my year with Broadleaf Wales under the RFS (Royal Forestry Society) Forestry Roots scheme and I think this is a good time to reflect on my past in forestry and to think about the future that lies ahead. Prior to my placement at Bron Haul,...
by Dylan Hardy | Apr 16, 2022 | Woodland Management
At Bron haul we are nearing the season in which to control the grey squirrel population, though we have had an early start because of the British Red Squirrel LANTRA course that David has begun to provide. On the course we went through different control methods and...
by Dylan Hardy | Jan 31, 2022 | Products
While I’m at Bron Haul we’ve taken on a timber framing project, using partially wood grown in our own woodlands. The larger pieces were sourced from a local mill but for the smaller ones we felled some of our larger larch trees and had them taken to the mill for...
by Dylan Hardy | Dec 28, 2021 | Products, Woodland Management
This season at Bron Haul we have been thinning one of our older blocks, (around 25 years old). Having passed my chainsaw ticket for felling trees upto bar length with Keith Webber, I have been putting my directional felling to the test. With the continuous cover...
by Dylan Hardy | Nov 4, 2021 | Products
As a part of my new experience with broadleaf.wales I got the chance to take part in the Woodland Pioneers course 2021. Here I was given the chance to spend 4 days in the woods, each day learning and crafting a new greenwood product from scratch. It was amazing to be...
