Getting Started in Your Own Wood

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 our 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's hugely successful Badgers, Beeches and Blisters, first published in 2006 and reprinted four times. Every chapter has been revised, and two new chapters added by Will Rolls, author of The Log Book, on firewood and tree pests and diseases. This new, much enlarged edition for 2015 is greatly welcomed. Includes: . Owning or caring for a wood . First steps . When you may need permission . 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 AUTHORS: Julian Evans is the President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and was formerly Professor of Forestry at Imperial College and prior to that Chief Research Officer at the Forestry Commission's Alice Holt. He has owned and managed his own woodland for 30 years. Will Rolls is a chartered forester specialising in wood fuel. Will worked for a number of years at the Biomass Energy Centre, a small unit within the Forestry Commission, and now operates an independent consultancy advising clients on forestry and the woodfuel supply chain.