by Roseanna Hunt | Dec 31, 2023 | Woodland Management
I had been keenly interested in the work of Broadleaf Wales for some time, so when a conversation through the Land Workers Alliance forestry network sparked an invitation to come and volunteer, I jumped at the chance. After the long slog of finishing my degree, I was...
by Harriet Jenkins | Dec 2, 2023 | Woodland Management
I’m now into my second month at Broadleaf Wales, where I’m doing my apprenticeship in Woodland Management with Ruth Pybus and David Brown. My placement is set to last for one year, funded through the Royal Forestry Society (RFS), Forestry Roots scheme, which aims to...
by Ruth Pybus | Aug 6, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Please use the links below to access David’s MSc dissertation (Bangor University, 2019). His research had 3 major themes: Timber Potential – Estimate of time taken for timber stems to come on-line in a mixed broadleaf plantation undergoing transformation...
by Ruth Pybus | May 25, 2023 | Woodland Management
Yup, it’s been another noisy winter in the woods at Bron Haul. Hopefully, it’s not gratuitous. This Nature Friendly Farming Network short film lets you know what we’re trying to do. Farm Woodland Management with Ruth Pybus, Broadleaf Wales (Welsh...
by Ruth Pybus | Apr 10, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Stuart Taylor is a dairy farmer, his land looking over the market town of Yr Wyddgrug (Mold) in North Wales. I first visit in May 2022 as Stuart’s Woodland Management Planner, a new role for me. It was obvious as I cycled up the track from the busy bypass to his...
by Ruth Pybus | Feb 10, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Climate change has put the C word high up on the land use agenda and all of a sudden everyone wants to tell you how great they are at storing it. Sitka spruce growers exclaim, ‘look how fast my trees grow!’ whilst large-scale farmers brag, ‘grassland’s a great carbon...
