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Hello Darren, Greetings from Plessala France. My word for the day is Serenity. Great vlog and thank you for sharing and the still photo of the toadstool was beautiful. Glad that you have pheasants around also. Since arriving back in France in late June I have concentrated on cleaning up the yard which is quite a big . Most of the yard was covered in 10 foot high brambles in places and some of the canes where around 6 years old and very thick and tough to deal with. This winter I have concentrated on filling up the bird feeders and it has certainly helped sustain the birdlife in the yard over the winter as like you we have had temperatures at minus 5. My greatest love is the Little Red Robins and the little blue tits. The yard is going to be full of bird song come the spring. Can't wait. Have a great week and stay warm.

Darren, could the brambles be cut with a flailed machine more expense for the woodland owner but it would keep the brambles under control. May I say where you keep your mobile phone is not good. An engineer I worked with thought he was having a heart attack turned out after tests it was the mobile phone! which he kept in his top shirt pocket causing the problem! trust the family are keeping well. Phil

Ayup Woodlanders. I hope you're well. What one word describes your week? Oh and where, roughly, is your favourite place to 'sit and be' and why? @20:55 Thanks for watching, Regards Darren

Great footsge mate.

Mate the weather has been testing here over in Normandy to but not as cold only minus 5 at worst also I can see you have been busy lots of unseen work to we also loved some of your camera shots keep up the great videos mate chat soon all the best budo and Tracy

Awesome sauce! Looks like your getting a lot accomplished. Weather has me house bound here and I am enjoying the hibernation.

I have recently bought the stihl gt26 mini battery chainsaw , so useful for hedge , pruning and coppice work , get some spare batteries to keep you going , takes the grunt out of hand saw work and more practical than a conventional chainsaw for branches upto 3-4 inches .

Дарэн ты очень много делаешь добра для леса.У нас в России таких как ты,называют Цирюльник ну это как Барбер Парикмахер.

Это самая лучшая работа,и время провождение.Санитар леса.

Удивительный контент я из РФ смотрю давно 2 года и понимаю без перевода языка на русский. Все профессионально.1000000☆☆☆☆☆☆ .Успехов,и мира всем людям на планете!😊

Земляк привет из России🤝.Я не мог смотреть твои выпуски контент у нас в РФ Ютуб отключала ФСБ.

Hi Darren. Really love the videos and find them very inspiring. Currently learning the skills, whilst looking for my own woodland to manage. I have my chainsaw course in a couple of weeks (up to 380mm) and a bit bamboozled by the choice. Which model Stihl do you use? Any info would be appreciated and keep up the good work!

Looking through the first few comments, their all spot on, but I do it the other way and go back to a pile of mess 😳.... every day is a school day, great advice Darren, one of your best videos, thanks 😁

Tricks of the trade makes the job so much easier, well done Darren 😁

Hello Darren- watching the videos from the start and up to this one! What make/model is the log trolley? Ideal for me behind quad! Many thanks. At this rate I’ll catch up to the current wood log in about 2 months 👍🏻

Inspired by you

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Hi Darren, you hedging stakes are taller than me at 5.4. great vlog and thanks for sharing. I do love the hedge layer binding, it looks amazing when its all done and great for the wildlife. Spring is coming and I am looking for the hedgehogs coming out in the spring. Just love them and after living in Australia having grown up in NZ where we have them, I really missed them. I'm not sure if they are here in France, (I hope so) but I am yet to see one. Have a great week and I look forward to the next vlog.😊

Rule of thumb (arm), tried and tested since the dawn of man.

Really useful Dareren, thanks for taking the time to share that :)

I generally cut scrap timber for the wood burner with my left arm, just to balance my effort etc.... stacked a few bits up and they were within literally a millinetre of each other and juuuust small enough to fit in the burner. Guess it's just repetition.

Nice video for a Saturday morning and a nice cuppa tea buddy cheers

Thanks, yes a Fiskars its brilliant for dressing the hazel. I think they’re available in the USA. We’ve had -9 c here which has been great, no snow yet. Regards Darren

Ayup woodlanders, let me know what you think to my methods. Hope it helps Regards Darren

That is a slick trick! Your billhook is that a fiskars brand or another? Our billhooks are low quality here in USA. LOL, I whacked something using the blade like a hammer on the flat of it and the damn thing almost wrapped around the item I was wacking! LOL, I guess they work fine if you use them correctly, but I was a bit shocked I folded over this billhook I had been using for years. Started looking on ebay and such for good old ones and they are pricey! We are buried in snow here so not much getting done but in a week or so it should be game on.

I have a problem with the billhook because it has the tendency to turn in your hand, so you hit with blunt topside or the side.its a bit annoying. I see you use your index finger to correct this.

Thanks for that. I'm new to woodland management, having bought a 50-acre ancient oak wood with a couple of beech plantations. It's been left to its own devices for decades so we have climax oak and beech woods with not much underneath and little biodiversity. I decided to mark the trees L for legacy (protect and leave standing); V for veteran (damage to create habitat niches but leave standing); M for milling (cut for the sawmill when there's demand); and a number to indicate the year (5 =2025) when it should be cut for firewood or any other use in order to thin the canopy. I hope this helps =:D

I wish I’d heard about this I could’ve come along Let me know if you’re doing one in 2025

monkey tree or yew just because its so different

Happy new Darren, glad you are already getting use of the gloves. I thought the fleecy ones may be of use for you at this time of year, cheers Neal.

Bakers of Devon is the old oak bark leather tannery, they produce some lovely Bridle leather using water from the nearby stream and their dried oak bark, it's a slow process takes about a year

Would you be so kind as to post the link to where I donate? Thank you

Never mind a box of gloves (which was a lovely gift) you need a box of trousers mate!!😂

I have replaced several wattle and daub panels in a few 16th and 17th century houses, good work when it comes along, have also planted cider apple orchards and various other trees and it is indeed special to see them grown and baring fruit, I got my qualification, in hedge laying in about 74, and have done quite a bit since, got some to start on next week, all very satisfying but doesn't beat having children and grand children. Very best wishes to you and your family in 2025.

Hi Darren. Lovely video thank you. I saw that wonderful Sunrise on the 20th December. I filmed it and shared it too. An amazing start to the day. I wish You, Karen and Ellie-Mae (may?) a happy & healthy 2025. ❤ Jamie

Hi Darren, happy new year. Could you let me know what make your billhook is please? I'm looking for one and you looked very comfortable with it. Thanks in advance.

All the best for 2025 I enjoy your videos, and will be looking forward to the future ones. All the best from Scotland.

I planted oak tree in Windsor Great Park in 1976 and yes what a please , the are amazingly big. Have you tried a Japanese forestry pull saw not cheap but cut fast and last, I made a wooded saw case to hang from the belt.

Happy New Year Darren. I look forward to your regular updates. One thing that puzzles me is that you never seem to use a tape measure when you are cutting the branches to various sizes with the billhook. How do you do it and what are the different lengths you cut to?

Always a pleasure to catch up with you, see what your up to, many year ago I used to do jobs like you do, it's in the blood. Keep up the good work :)

Cheviot trees produce very good cell grown trees and shrubs. Happy new year

Darren, great video. I wish I could tie knots like you! Great skill shown in everything you do. Hope you and your family have a good 2025.

Happy Healthy New Year Darren to you and the family. Thanks for all the videos in 2024 and looking forward to 2025 ones. Best Wishes from North Devon. Phil

Hi Darren, the gloves were actually from my nephew Neal who watches your videos while working on the oil rigs in the North Sea! They may have travelled quite a distance before ending up in South Derbyshire! Keep up the good work and Happy New Year!

Hello thanks for the video it’s so great watching you work. I just wondered whether you can do/have a video on how you built your customer/client base? Who you work for and why? How do you sell/who buys the things you make? As someone who’s just starting their forestry career and would love to buy a woodland these videos have been very inspiring and hearing you talk about where you first worked in this video made me wonder how you got from then to today.

Is it too late to donate for another tree?

a car trailer acts as a good anchor.if your going to do alot of woodland work may i suggest a tractor preferably a 4wd one.

happy new year etc hope you have a good year

Hi Darren, Greeting from France. Happy New Year to you and yours. Great vlog, thank you for keeping things real. Look forward to a great 2025 and wishing you some great growth in your followers. Have you seen the new electric cutter out? I think it might be made by Fisckers who make great pruning tools, I'm going to investigate Best wishes and cheers for the coming year.😊👍

I did a time and motion sheet once... I couldn't fit on all the stuff I was managing to do already. Good thing to do as it stops you worrying that you might be lazy 😅