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Q&A: Farm Diversification and Creating New Woodlands with Jo Nicholson

Q&A with Farmer Jo Nicholson about his family farm business at Adstockfields in Buckingham from purchasing the farm in the late 60’s through to tree planting and creating new woodlands in 2022.

TIMBER! The Market for Standing Timber in the UK

As this is being written, we are in the middle of a major economic slowdown with the war in Ukraine but, hopefully, seeing the end of Covid-19. Both events have put major brakes on both the domestic and world market demand.

Tree Tube Trials

5 sites across southern England each with a selection of alternative tube options, including a degradable plastic spiral, a chestnut “cage” (an idea of our own) and the initial egg box type. An industry “standard” tube and a control with no tube were also set up for comparison.

What future is the forest growing?

The hunger for wood, changes in forestry practices, recycled wood, climate change resilience and planning ahead for the future of our forests and woodlands and creating high value products by Dan Ridley Ellis, Edinburgh Napier University.

Monoculture Plantations in the UK

A Q&A session on monoculture forests and woodland in the UK. Are Monoculture plantations good or bad and does Tilhill still manage these woodland types for productive timber?

Combatting Climate Change with Mixed Species

Forest and woodland managers help combat the effects of climate change by looking at the way we manage, design and adapt the UK woodlands and forests.

The Ash Story continues

The impact of Ash dieback disease (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) since it was first found in the UK, what to do. Understanding how the disease acts.

What follows Larch?

As Phytopthora ramorum continues to march further through the country, many of our landowners and foresters are asking themselves what species we should be considering as replacements for larch?

Harvesting Checks & Measures

Tilhill Senior Wildlife Manager and Ecologist Chris Gray takes us through all the harvesting checks and measures that happen before any timber harvesting takes place in this 10 minute video interview.

Biodiversity, Forestry and Wood

Answers to the public perception around conifer forests and the benefit woodlands bring to society, the economy, our environment and our wildlife in a A Q&A by Senior Forest Manager, John Little

Conifer vs Broadleaf

‘Conifer vs Broadleaf’, an ecological retrospective on the forestry industry, species choice and more by John Gallacher, Tilhill Ecologist

Tilhill’s Graduate Scheme ‘Unlocking Potential’

Unlocking Potential and Dragon’s Den is part of an overall Management Development Programme for Tilhill graduates, part of the ladder of leadership and management training at BSW Group.

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Q&A: Farm Diversification and Creating New Woodlands with Jo Nicholson