Growing fine Oak timber in 100 years in your woodland
by Angus, 22 February, 2015, 1 comments
Bede Howell is a massively respected forest manager (and French speaker) who has always taken the long view of British woodlands. In this new book, Bede both learns from the experience of others and shares it - he has translated into English Jean Lemaire's brilliant book on growing oak for timber. Oak trees are easily the most important broadleaves in Britain and occupy about 9% of the forest area but typically rotations have taken 150 - 200 years or more to maturity but with wise planting and management this book, "Oak: fine timber in 100 years", shows how good quality timber can be grown in about 100 years.
"Oak: fine timber in 100 years" uses every possible way of getting its message across - text, photos, diagrams, charts, graphs, tables, maps and sketches. Read more...
