My experiences managing a woodland in the Scottish Highlands
All the wet weather recently has at least been good for one thing: mushrooms are popping up all over the place in the wood. Mushroom season has begun! The lack of ground cover under the spruce means it is easy to spot lots of different mushrooms and there are plenty of types that seem to […]
Where do you start when you have just bought 50 acres of ancient woodland covered in Sitka spruce? After spending several years thinking about owning a wood, suddenly I had one and I had to figure out what to do with it. The first year was basically about that. Trees take a long time to […]
We had been on the look out for a woodland to buy for quite some time. One that was in need of attention; somewhere we could make a difference by bringing a piece of land back to life. Comar Wood is 50 acres of ancient woodland planted with Sitka spruce and fitted the bill perfectly. […]
