A Wood of Our Own

Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years and was the UK Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer for much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester's dream.

Caring for the wood and its natural inhabitants using both ancient and modern skills, Evans experiences the evolving cycle of woodland life and encourages us to appreciate our environment firsthand in all seasons, all climates.

Finely illustrated and including a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, A Wood of Our Own is engaging, informative, and entertaining--aimed at everybody who enjoys the countryside.

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A Wood of Our Own

Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years and was the UK Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer for much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester's dream.

Caring for the wood and its natural inhabitants using both ancient and modern skills, Evans experiences the evolving cycle of woodland life and encourages us to appreciate our environment firsthand in all seasons, all climates.

Finely illustrated and including a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, A Wood of Our Own is engaging, informative, and entertaining--aimed at everybody who enjoys the countryside.

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A Wood of Our Own

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Overview

Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years and was the UK Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer for much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester's dream.

Caring for the wood and its natural inhabitants using both ancient and modern skills, Evans experiences the evolving cycle of woodland life and encourages us to appreciate our environment firsthand in all seasons, all climates.

Finely illustrated and including a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, A Wood of Our Own is engaging, informative, and entertaining--aimed at everybody who enjoys the countryside.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781856230223
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Publication date: 03/28/2005
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Julian Evans was formerly the UK Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer and is a leading authority on broad-leaved woodlands. He chairs the Forestry and Timber Association's woodland initiative in the United Kingdom and has written several books.

Table of Contents

The Purchase

What We Had Bought

Mainly About Railways, Writers, and Wildwood

Ruth's Gloves

Encounters of the Rural Kind

The Planting of Taid's Wood

Mother-in-law's Dustbin

The Half-Past-Two Roe Deer

The Great Storms of '87 and '90

The Timber Sale

Harvesting the Pine

The Coming of the Greys

Over the Fence

Nain's Copse

Oak

Not Only for Timber

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