Reminds me of our 29 acres of bush when we lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada - high % of white spruce wind line blown, the naturally distributed maples not so much - storms such as "Fiona" and the like are sorting out the artificial landscapes. Plantations with "hard" edges are open targets and once the wind gets in - Dominos!
They sure are! Right next to the plantation is a naturally grown woodland with a mix of Silver Birch & some Scots Pine. Perhaps a handful of the Birch came down but they would have been the older and weaker ones, ready to fall anyway. But that entire woodland remains virtually untouched and untroubled by the storm. I know we need a stock of fast growing timber but this is a great example of how mother nature knows best. We should listen to her more. Thanks for watching.
Oh gosh - its so horrible isn’t it. Im in NZ and we had dreadful flooding last year and Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s been devastating. We lost trees and assets. Im now trying to think which trees are best to plant - ie the most resilient to climate change as were also seeing the giant old Macrocarpas (Californian) dying suddenly from fungal disease as its becoming too humid now. We’ve decided this year is Year of the Tree - and that’s our focus for our small farm. Good luck with your clean-up - im sure you’ll find good solutions going forward.
We planted a few hundred trees but I'm beginning to wonder of we should really let nature deicide what to grow. The Silver Birch regen has been incredible and I'm told is a woodland pioneer species i.e. if land wants to become woodland it can often send in Silver Birch first to prepare the ground for the oaks that follow. We just need to reduce the grazing pressure enough to allow that to happen. As we have deer fenced we have eliminated grazing and that has allowed birch, oak, rowan, hazel and willow to appear (not planted). But controlling the grazing is not easy and in our case required an expensive fence (thanks to Nature Scot for the funding). But no grazing doesn't feel right either because our upper meadow is starting to get choked, which is great for field voles, and therefore owls, now, but I fear not so good for our wildflowers. Finding the balance is our next challenge. When and how much to graze and with what - cattle, wild ponies? Thanks for watching. Amazing to think someone in New Zealand is out there watching us. Wonderful. So I must mention our very own NZ rewilder who is an inspiration to us. Jonathan Thomson at www.underhillwoodnaturereserve.com/. Definitely worth a follow. I'm hoping he and I might collaborate on some rewilding storytelling later this year.
Yes, it is predicted that due to slowing down of the jet streams, the arctic stream which normally go around the arctic circle loose stability and come down to our areas and produce strong winds and freezing. The pictures remind me of winter storms Wiebke and Lothar where huge areas in german forests were damaged. You can leave the area open and new and better trees will grow by themselves. First ones could be birches, followed by other species. I see a good opportunity to bring up a more sustainable and caledonian? forest.
Hi Jakob :-). Unfortunately they're not our trees. Not sure yet what will happen but I guess leaving them in situ runs the risk of more of them down on our deer fence with the next storm. Perhaps it's an opportunity for a bit more land to be rewilded. We'll have to wait and see. Thank you for watching.
Planting trees so densely will always be prone to wind blown damage. We need timber but we also need to learn from nature. Thanks for watching. Much appreciated.
Reminds me of our 29 acres of bush when we lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada - high % of white spruce wind line blown, the naturally distributed maples not so much - storms such as "Fiona" and the like are sorting out the artificial landscapes. Plantations with "hard" edges are open targets and once the wind gets in - Dominos!
They sure are! Right next to the plantation is a naturally grown woodland with a mix of Silver Birch & some Scots Pine. Perhaps a handful of the Birch came down but they would have been the older and weaker ones, ready to fall anyway. But that entire woodland remains virtually untouched and untroubled by the storm. I know we need a stock of fast growing timber but this is a great example of how mother nature knows best. We should listen to her more. Thanks for watching.
Oh gosh - its so horrible isn’t it. Im in NZ and we had dreadful flooding last year and Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s been devastating. We lost trees and assets. Im now trying to think which trees are best to plant - ie the most resilient to climate change as were also seeing the giant old Macrocarpas (Californian) dying suddenly from fungal disease as its becoming too humid now. We’ve decided this year is Year of the Tree - and that’s our focus for our small farm. Good luck with your clean-up - im sure you’ll find good solutions going forward.
We planted a few hundred trees but I'm beginning to wonder of we should really let nature deicide what to grow. The Silver Birch regen has been incredible and I'm told is a woodland pioneer species i.e. if land wants to become woodland it can often send in Silver Birch first to prepare the ground for the oaks that follow. We just need to reduce the grazing pressure enough to allow that to happen. As we have deer fenced we have eliminated grazing and that has allowed birch, oak, rowan, hazel and willow to appear (not planted). But controlling the grazing is not easy and in our case required an expensive fence (thanks to Nature Scot for the funding). But no grazing doesn't feel right either because our upper meadow is starting to get choked, which is great for field voles, and therefore owls, now, but I fear not so good for our wildflowers. Finding the balance is our next challenge. When and how much to graze and with what - cattle, wild ponies? Thanks for watching. Amazing to think someone in New Zealand is out there watching us. Wonderful. So I must mention our very own NZ rewilder who is an inspiration to us. Jonathan Thomson at www.underhillwoodnaturereserve.com/. Definitely worth a follow. I'm hoping he and I might collaborate on some rewilding storytelling later this year.
Yes, it is predicted that due to slowing down of the jet streams, the arctic stream which normally go around the arctic circle loose stability and come down to our areas and produce strong winds and freezing.
The pictures remind me of winter storms Wiebke and Lothar where huge areas in german forests were damaged. You can leave the area open and new and better trees will grow by themselves. First ones could be birches, followed by other species. I see a good opportunity to bring up a more sustainable and caledonian? forest.
Hi Jakob :-). Unfortunately they're not our trees. Not sure yet what will happen but I guess leaving them in situ runs the risk of more of them down on our deer fence with the next storm. Perhaps it's an opportunity for a bit more land to be rewilded. We'll have to wait and see. Thank you for watching.
last september I saw a lot of wind felled trees in north devon also
Planting trees so densely will always be prone to wind blown damage. We need timber but we also need to learn from nature. Thanks for watching. Much appreciated.
I recall much worse storms in the 1980s