With face to face scouting under restriction, and lockdown limitations easing the Cart Wood team have been using their time to carry out some essential maintenance in our facility. This large pine (approx 70ft) had long ago died, and had fallen into another tree. The...
Yesterday saw the Cart wood team in the woods coppicing for the final day this year. It is better for the stools to harvest them whilst the sap is down, giving them the best chance to regenerate. The product is also better if it doesn’t...
Unfortunately the woods didn’t survive unscathed from storm Dennis. The team popped up this morning to sort out a wind blown Silver Birch that was blocking the public footpath. Technically not on our land but still important to keep rights of way open.
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Coppicing
So anybody who followed the cart wood page will realise that the last two posts might seem a little counter productive! The first is all about the tree planting projects that we have been undertaking at the northern end of...
Today saw the team in the woods continuing to coppice the chestnut. We were very grateful for a hand from Duncan Pulley, and we achieved more than expected.
Thank you Adam Chiltern and family who popped up to the woods on Saturday and planted a few more of our whips for us. We still have approximately 100 whips to get in before spring (which may be sooner rather than later!), if any units/troops/packs/colony’s...
This weekend the team started this years coppicing. The coppice stools were harvested for timber which will be used for fencing, building projects and (once seasoned)firewood. The idea is that once a rotation is established in this area of the woods, the young people will...
The Cart Wood Team would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thanks to everybody who has supported the many projects and this facility. A lot has happened in the last year, who knows what the next one...
Cub Funday 2019
Yesterday saw cubs from 7 different packs visit the woods to take part in a various activities in the woods. These included twist making over an open fire, Christmas craft, a nature trail including some fun animal facts as well as...
A busy day of preparation today, for the upcoming Cub Funday (7th December). We cleared the top boundary where the new trees will be planted, then ‘turned over’ a channel to make it easier for the cubs to dig holes for the whips. Finally we...
Whilst walking around the woods last weekend I heard a knocking sound, intrigued I followed it through the coppice section of the woods and was lucky enough to watch a greater spotted woodpecker working on what might be a new home. Whilst these birds are...
Last week the Corpus Christi Explorer unit visited the woods for a chilled out evening around the fire! As the nights are now drawing in and the temperature dropping you can’t beat a good wood fire!
Our latest arrival was .......... 400 whips ready to be planted along the Western boundary of the woods. We have been sent an interesting selection of trees, all of which should produce nuts or fruit. This will provide a good food source for many of...
If you are in the woods at the moment you can’t help but notice the number of different fungi and mushrooms that have appeared. Here are a few pictures and my attempts to identify them. Although I’m far from an expert!Any help would be gratefully...
Over the last two evenings the woods have had a very spooky feel. Scouts from the 6th Ton (Hadlow) and Explorers from the Central Unit have been trying to discover cursed body parts that have laid undetected for thousands of years. The young people protected...
The 1st Tonbridge spent some time at the woods recently, building fires and shelters. A ‘proper bit’ of scouting! Looks like they had fun! Thank you Richard for the photos 🙂
