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 Ruth Pybus | Mar 17, 2022 | Woodland Management
Basal area is a measure of how well stocked your woodland is. If you imagine looking down on a hectare of your woodland from a hot air balloon having removed all your tree canopy and trunk down to 1.3m (forestry’s ‘Breast Height’ above the ground), you would see...
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 Ruth Pybus | Sep 8, 2021 | Woodland Management
The high quality of woodland management at Bron Haul was recognised at today’s RWAS Awards Ceremony. The competition this year covered North Wales. Read the judges report below! If you are a woodland owner and would like to be our future...
by Dylan Hardy | Sep 6, 2021 | Woodland Management
I am Dylan and I am a new employee for Broadleaf.Wales under the RFS forestry roots scheme. Prior to joining Broadleaf.Wales I had gone through a junior level school in land management and then completed a level 3 qualification for countryside management. In...
by Ruth Pybus | Jul 14, 2021 | Woodland Management
Bracken land gets a bad press. It’s seen as an unproductive weed encroaching on grassland. But with the right management, it is excellent land for establishing magnificent woodland. David Brown shows you how to make bracken a friend of your tree planting scheme...
