2019


16th December 2019

Woodland Group and Hedgerow Group Work Party 13/19 and Christmas Lunch

We will continue to coppice in the woods at Moor Farm. There will be an early finish and we will go on to the 3 Little Pigs for a festive afternoon. Moor Farm Risk Assessment Moor Farm Emergency Procedures Chainsaw Use at Moor Farm ...


2nd December 2019

Woodland Group and Hedgerow Group Work Party 12/19

We will continue to coppice in the woods at Moor Farm. Moor Farm Risk Assessment Moor Farm Emergency Procedures Chainsaw Use at Moor Farm ...


24th November 2019

Open Morning Work Party 11/19

Sadly cancelled due to bad weather. This is a practical follow-up event to our open morning on the 23rd November. The activities will to a certain extent be driven by feedback at the open morning. There could be coppicing, foraging, a walk in the woods, acorn planting in a hedge space to create ...


23rd November 2019

Woodland Group Open Morning

Notes from Event Attendees: John Downes Robin Deitch Lucy Deitch Samantha Shaw Karen With Wendy Vere Terry Hadley Jess Gower Pete Corthorn John Turner Charles Mossman Eve Malster Dave Dann Pete Mason Abi Hindriks Peter Jones Dee Ross John Ross Sustainable Crediton Woodland Group ...


18th November 2019

Woodland Group and Hedgerow Group Work Party 10/19

A good turn out of 8 people today. After the previous work party was washed out, this was a beautiful sunny warm day. We continued to coppice along the bank with Eddy and John D on chainsaws, Charles, Terry, Pete, Emma and John C on brash duty and standard length log work. Later Pete and Charles pl ...


21st October 2019

Woodland Group and Hedgerow Group Work Party 8/19

Described by Eddy Kay: First outing of the season. The previous first outing and follow-up both being abandoned due to rain. A silver light and dry, later in the day the sun peeked through. Lovely to see the guys. As usual for me too much chat, I was eager to make a start. It was not long before I ...


7th October 2019

Woodland Group and Hedgerow Group Work Party 7/19

This work party was firstly postponed and then cancelled due to continuous bad weather. We will continue to coppice in the woods at Moor Farm. Moor Farm Risk Assessment Moor Farm Emergency Procedures Chainsaw Use at Moor Farm ...


10th September 2019

Woodland Group Plans for Autumn 2019

The dates for the October to December 2019 period, are as follows:- Monday 7th and 21st October 10.00am to 4.00pm for woodland management activities at Moor Farm; Mondays 4th and 18th and Sunday 24th November at Moor Farm; Monday 2nd and Sunday 15th December at Moor Farm. We have set aside some ...


7th July 2019

Woodland Group Seeks New Members

Woodland and Hedgerow Group meets twice a month from October through to March at Moor Farm near Morchard Bishop. We are currently coppicing a beautiful native wood in lovely surroundings. At the end of the season, any wood we have collected is shared among the group. We currently have about a dozen ...


31st March 2019

Coppicing finished after a successful winter season.

The past six months has seen the Woodland and Hedgerow Group working at Moor Farm near Morchard Bishop. We have been coppicing a piece of previously coppiced native woodland which had become overgrown with both hazel and undergrowth. Over the last 6 months we have cleared much of the bramblely unde ...


25th March 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 6/2019

Six of us attended the final session of the season and worked with handtools laying the hedge at the field boundary and coppicing stools not in the hedge line. We finished at 2 pm and went to the 3 Little Pigs to celebrate the end of a successful season. We will continue to coppice in the ...


11th March 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 5/2019

Just three of us worked with handtools in lovely conditions to be outside. We continued laying the hedge at the boundary with the field and coppiced by hand stools not in the line of the hedge. We will continue to coppice in the woods at Moor Farm. Moor Farm Risk Assessment Moor Farm Em ...


25th February 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 4/2019

Six of us attended on a fabulous day where the sun shone all day and temperatures reached the mid teens. A perfect day for coppicing and hedge laying. As last time we split into two groups, one doing coppicing and the other doing hedge laying. We will continue to coppice in the woods at M ...


11th February 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 3/2019

Six of us attended on a fine winter's day. It was quite wet underfoot, but once off the track conditions in the wood were fine. We split into two groups. One group continued coppicing near the car park end of the wood, whilst another group started to lay a "hedge" with suitable stools along the lin ...


28th January 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 2/2019

This work party was cancelled due to insufficient people being available. We will continue to coppice in the woods at Moor Farm. Moor Farm Risk Assessment Moor Farm Emergency Procedures Chainsaw Use at Moor Farm ...


14th January 2019

Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 1/2019

Six of us enjoyed a beautiful day in the woods. We split into two groups and continued to clear undergrowth and coppice the hazel in the area to the left of the main track near the entrance to the woods. A small start was made laying a hedge along the top of the wood with suitable stools. We wi ...