Tad’s spraying of young trees now showing up to full effect on a site in Hampshire – the best start they can have. Weed control around newly planted young trees help them survive their first growing season
May 2024
Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control
Something a little different today in Aldershot
Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control
Forestry Commission guidance is that oak trees within 50m of an infestation removed in 2023 should be treated to control any larvae that have hatched this spring. Treatment is undertaken once the leaves have emerged and provided the larvae with food. 2 treatments, 10 days apart, are undertaken with a naturally- occurring bacteria. This does not affect other wildlife.
Caterpillars of the oak processionary moth (OPM) are a pest which can be a hazard to the health of oak trees, people and animals in this area.
May 2024
Conservation Contractors News
Spraying 100,000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire April 2024
Tad has been busy during the settled weather last week spraying over 100, 000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire to control the weeds to ensure they have the best possible start.
60 m of sweet chestnut cleft post and rail
Another 60 m of sweet chestnut cleft post and rail was completed recently in Berkshire.
This was part of a larger project with 700m of stock fence and a gate or two.
Timber for processing into firewood
Another load of Ash timber leaving site in the sunshine today.
Ash trees from Ash Die Back (ADB) works in Bulford, all going for processing into firewood
Clear a few small trees over a bridleway was the brief !!
Clear a few small trees over a bridleway was the brief !! The trees were suspended over a dead-end bridleway near Market Lavington. There is one covered in Ivy near which has worsened.
Alex enjoying some sunshine
30 plus tree guards erected in Longleat
30 plus tree guards were erected in Longleat over the last week to protect young trees from all sorts of wildlife !!
I think it is fair to say everyone has had enough of this wet weather now !
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Cleft Sweet Chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes
A couple of jobs this week:
- A Cleft sweet chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes and
- a guard rail fence was repaired in Westbury
All with no raincoat required !!
March 2024
Cleft rail fences, also known as chestnut fences, are constructed using split logs. We used 2.4m. Commonly, these logs have pre-shaped ends that fit snugly into mortices in the fence posts. This design allows the rails to slot into the timber posts easily. Sweet chestnut does not require any treatment to help improve its lifespan – the timber contains natural preservatives. There is no industry standard for the length of the logs given their curved and bendy nature.
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Erecting 200 signs
They say a picture is worth “one thousand words”.
200 signs were erected last week; I do not think any explanation is required!
