Have discovered some some saplings in my local woodlands in West Sussex have taken to pruning the surrounding foliage so they don't get crowded out , It is one species that I do not have any experience of the lumber yet but have all my tree surgeon friends keeping an eye out for me
Great discovery and if you've got saplings hopefully you may find mature trees nearby. I haven't got hold of any big pieces but back in the day I helped Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine cover Bear Grylls' Chief Scout investiture and found a small piece to make him a whistle from which was decent. Thanks for swinging by.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist been looking all over the woodland a few areas are inaccessible its heavily cratered woodland think it took some heavy damage during ww2 has a couple of big concrete plinths in there which I was told held anti aircraft guns to protect the RAF base near it , its mostly oak, ash and hazel in there but most of the large ash have dieback , will try to get some fruit off them this year and germinate some for the garden
I've grow about a dozen from a pot outside but for more detailed growing tips may l suggest looking up @@dugfired on Instagram, she grows dozens of them and often uses a fridge to do so.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist I will do that , I have been growing walnuts from a local tree and planting them in cleared areas of woodland the past two years one if up to almost 6 ft now
That's something I want to get better at is tree ID. Got myself a book of English tree's and aim to spend some time trying to ID tree's I'm not aware of.
Hey Steve. A combination of Paul Kirtley's Tree & Plant Masterclass, coupled with a Wildlife Trust volunteer through work a few years ago has helped me during leafy months but I still need to brush up winter ID. Paul also said that as long as you can ID a species (i.e. Willow) you don't need to know the specific type as you know it will give you cordage, bow drill bits, pain killer etc. In other news, have you definitely decided to stop putting content on your YT channel?
@@ScoutManSteve Have you considered just using shorts to keep it going? I wasn't overly convinced when they were introduced but I've grown to really like them. I often try and do a shorts version of a video as it's a different audience. I've also opened a non-follow TikTok account to chuck the shorts on with a bio link to my channel.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist I do the occasional TikTok video, but I have just found over the years with RUclips the enjoyment isn't there for me anymore. I finding it more of a hindrance to my free time.
Have discovered some some saplings in my local woodlands in West Sussex have taken to pruning the surrounding foliage so they don't get crowded out , It is one species that I do not have any experience of the lumber yet but have all my tree surgeon friends keeping an eye out for me
Great discovery and if you've got saplings hopefully you may find mature trees nearby. I haven't got hold of any big pieces but back in the day I helped Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine cover Bear Grylls' Chief Scout investiture and found a small piece to make him a whistle from which was decent. Thanks for swinging by.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist been looking all over the woodland a few areas are inaccessible its heavily cratered woodland think it took some heavy damage during ww2 has a couple of big concrete plinths in there which I was told held anti aircraft guns to protect the RAF base near it , its mostly oak, ash and hazel in there but most of the large ash have dieback , will try to get some fruit off them this year and germinate some for the garden
I've grow about a dozen from a pot outside but for more detailed growing tips may l suggest looking up @@dugfired on Instagram, she grows dozens of them and often uses a fridge to do so.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist I will do that , I have been growing walnuts from a local tree and planting them in cleared areas of woodland the past two years one if up to almost 6 ft now
That's something I want to get better at is tree ID. Got myself a book of English tree's and aim to spend some time trying to ID tree's I'm not aware of.
Hey Steve.
A combination of Paul Kirtley's Tree & Plant Masterclass, coupled with a Wildlife Trust volunteer through work a few years ago has helped me during leafy months but I still need to brush up winter ID.
Paul also said that as long as you can ID a species (i.e. Willow) you don't need to know the specific type as you know it will give you cordage, bow drill bits, pain killer etc.
In other news, have you definitely decided to stop putting content on your YT channel?
@@theoutdoortraditionalist hey mate, yes I have, just going to do my giveaway video and then I'm going to stop.
@@ScoutManSteve Have you considered just using shorts to keep it going? I wasn't overly convinced when they were introduced but I've grown to really like them.
I often try and do a shorts version of a video as it's a different audience. I've also opened a non-follow TikTok account to chuck the shorts on with a bio link to my channel.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist I do the occasional TikTok video, but I have just found over the years with RUclips the enjoyment isn't there for me anymore. I finding it more of a hindrance to my free time.