Trees galore!

Today Tim and Elizabeth came to help with some tree felling. This morning we felled trees which were in the way of the proposed outdoor classroom.

Here is the first to go down.

There she goes!

Were Marion and Tim discussing the site of the new coffee bar? Or just deciding which was next for the chop?

Tim is showing the proper way to use a felling lever.

Next we went to the heathland where a lot of mature Silver Birch cause a problem. They drop a prodigious amount of seed which every winter has to be weeded out.

Here's Tim who has just felled a massive birch and managed to drop it in the perfect position without flattening a small Juniper!

The logs were piled up to make habitats and the brash will be burnt off. Elizabeth helped all day to clear up and took our photos.