Smithstone Oak wood brambles fall before our new tactic!
Much of the woodland floor is under bramble which has made planting the new trees impossible. We developed a two person technique this past week that is quick and doesn’t wear out the vols too much. Below is Julie modelling the two tools: slasher and crome
Julie “get aff ma crome” Smith standing before a typical bramble section.
Fifteen minutes later:
And the dump pile. We call it “habitat creation”.
And here’s one of our new vols, Ricky, standing proudly by his morning’s work – erecting a warning sign and post.