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| The view from the workshop, Larch trees, now marked for clear fell |
On two sides of the workshop are forestry plantations of Larch, Ash and Oak trees. These tall elegant trees have stood for many years and whenever I open the workshop door this is what I see. Sadly, all the Larch and Ash trees have been found to be diseased and are now marked for clear fell this year end. The Larch have Ramorum Disease a mould that attacks the bark and the Ash have Ash Dieback, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, a fungus which originated in Asia that attacks the leaves and eventually blocks the irrigation channels within the trunk, killing the tree.
The foresters were here last week clearing a path for the harvesters and kindly offered some logs from trees that they cleared near to our cottage.
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| A good stack of hardwood and softwood logs |
These will be stacked in due course and air dried for three years, some will hopefully be used for projects and some will go for firewood.
