11 January 2023

It’s surprising the amount of practical conservation work that involves cutting trees down and up rather than planting them – preventing encroachment on peat bogs and meadows, keeping paths clear, letting more light in for ground flora and of course clearing non native invasive shrubs and trees. The brash is the smaller twigs and branches that result from sawing them off from the main trunk to give workers room to move and enable handling of material.