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04 Small Woods News The latest courses, plus news of recent events and new initiatives


06 Woodland News What's going on


THAMES VALLEY SAWMILLS Thames Valley Sawmills


Mobile sawmill for on-site conversion of round timber to customer requirements.


Treehouses and other wooden structures built to order.


Mobile sawmill for on-site conversion of round timber to customer requirements


Contact 0118 942 7268 Mobile 07973 261 539 or visit our website www.saw2size.co.uk


Treehouses and other wooden structures built to order Contact: 0118 942 7268 Mobile: 07973 261 539 Or visit our website www.saw2size.co.uk


LOGOSOL


Sweden’s leading range of timber processing machinery


Easy to use Low cost


Upgradeable Professional results


www.logosol.co.uk Logosol UK Tel: 01361 840251 Email: smallwoods@logosol.co.uk Web: www.logosol.co.uk www.smallwoods.org.uk Spring 2010 Smallwoods 03


07 Woodland Activities Using overgrown coppice for tree platforms and how to buy a zip wire


08 Rhodo Wars The battle against rhododendron, and what you can do


11 Books & Reports The latest info for woodland owners


Smallwoods Editorial


Nick Gibbs nickgibbs@smallwoods.org.uk 01285 850481


Advertising Susie Mears ads@freshwoodpublishing.com 01285 850481


12 Waiting Woods Is there a way for small woodlands to pay their way now or in the future?


15 Excess Saplings Andy Hyde has a clever tip for saving small trees for Ron (later-ron)


15 Seasonal Action What's going on in the woods at this time of year


16 Squirrel Control Geoffrey White asks if we're doing enough to ward off grey squirrels


18 New Owners The Sharpes of Sussex


The Small Woods Association aims to promote small woodlands nationally, as well as providing members with essential information. SWA works with projects and initiatives, hosting some and working in partnership with other organisations. Coed Lleol is a partnership project which aims to reconnect people and woodlands in Wales. The Green Wood Centre


looks to revitalise the coppice and greenwood sectors through courses and events. Herefordshire Sustain Project works in partnership with some 30 organisations to create a replicable model for sustainability in the UK. The Woodlands Initiatives Network facilitates the work of some 150 woodland initiatives in the UK, working with the FC, CA and the SWA.


How to Join You can join the Small Woods Association as an individual, as a family or as a business. You can find out more at www.smallwoods.org.uk.


Small Woods Association Green Wood Centre Station Road, Coalbrookdale Shropshire TF8 7DR 01952 432769 www.smallwoods.org.uk


20 Felling Safely Author Dave Johnson shares ideas on safety


21 Chainsaws & Kit Testing a Stihl carving bar and £100 electric saws


22 Letters Feedback and response


26 Ask the Forestor Questions for experts on clearfelling and mending a billhook


24 Classified Adverts


Phil Tidey Membership Services Manager


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Family forestry begins at


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CONT ENTS WE LCOME


Enjoying a woodland of their own


Contents Spring 2010


"It's about managing change in our woods"


With snow on the ground as I write, new leaves feel a long way away, but welcome anyway to the Spring Smallwoods! You will find with this mailing a listing and booking form for members' events for the first half


of 2010. Hopefully there is something of interest for everyone, and I hope to meet many of you at these events. I am planning more for the second half of the year, including additional home user chainsaw courses – information will be supplied with the April Smallwoods. Just as we go to print the Read


report, Combatting Climate Change - a Role for UK Forests was published. This independent study, commissioned by the Forestry Commission, looks at how UK woodlands can mitigate the effects of climate change, and how we must adapt our management strategies and, more fundamentally, how we look at our natural environment – managing change rather than preserving and restoring. In the next Smallwoods we will take a closer look at the report and the messages it contains for small woodland owners and managers. This autumn Small Woods’


Heartwoods project began operation in the West Midlands, offering advice and grant assistance to all involved in the woodfuel supply chain in that region. From April 2010 the Project Manager Nick Maskrey will be available to answer queries from all members on all aspects of woodfuel production, processing and marketing.


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