Life of Treedom

Drainage - fixing the "boggy bits".

It's not glamorous and it's brutally hard work, but clearing out drainage channels is the kind of fun that childhood me dreamt of - mud, water, wellies…

Mar 30 • 

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Planting a lot of Trees.

1200 to be precise. A mixture of hazel (900), english oak (150) and sessile oak (150). This is the first step in restoring my woodland back to oak…

Mar 10 • 

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Trees & Code

The winds of change blow again and I now find myself in two worlds.

Mar 3 • 

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January 2025

Dendromeda

Weird things happen sometimes. I had expected to get out into the woodland this Christmas and catch up on jobs, but the weather was against me and I…

Jan 5 • 

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December 2024

When you look at your Christmas tree, consider where it came from.

A look at the Christmas tree as a part of a woodland with a distinctly Carl Sagan-esque vibe.

Dec 24, 2024 • 

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October 2024

It's been two years - am I living a life of treedom?

I've been looking at the lifeoftreedom.com website & making a new version of it to reflect where I'm at now, rather than where I thought I was going two…

Oct 30, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Thinning an oak woodland

Why grow trees only to cut them down? There's a reason we do that – it makes the trees bigger.

Aug 15, 2024 • 

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Open for business!

I've done a few tree jobs for select customers as I didn't have tickets, insurance, trucks, chippers, trailers and all the things that you need to do…

Aug 11, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Constantly scared.

Night demons of my own making on a sleepless night in Corfu.

Jul 26, 2024 • 

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May 2024

What exactly have I been doing for two years at Treeschool?

The time has flown and my time as a student at treeschool draws to an end...

May 26, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Three tree workers, two henchmen, two police women, one hosepipe and an oak tree.

Trees can reveal a lot about a person. Especially the nasty bits of their personality and their warped understanding of the UK law regarding what can be…

Mar 17, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Update & Video

Exam period has started, I'm now an employed forester, I rescued a cat from a tree and a video... Oh, and I'm now "on the 'gram"

Feb 28, 2024 • 

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