Environmental Forestry?

A story, a forest, an invitation.

What next?

by Kay Mole

When you need to change your farming.  Whether life has thrown you a curve ball or you have just had enough of struggling against the odds and the weather. There are a few choices.

Finding myself in this position a few years ago I took a hard look at those choices. With the help and support of my family, I decided that forestry would be the best option. However,  after almost 20 years of farming the land organically, none of us wanted to go the usual route of spray all, plant conifers and walk away!

With the help of my Permaculturist daughter  Hannah Mole (it helps to have some skills in the family) and input from the rest of the family, I decided to plant hardwoods.

I did considerable research myself, and designed a plan for my farm. It wasn’t easy to find a forester who would be willing to plant this for me.  After talking with Prosilva, I contacted Manus Crowley of Enfor environmental forestry.

From the start Manus was enthusiastic about planting of hardwoods and went out of his way to find the various species that I wished to plant. He was  helpful in completing the paperwork and dealing with the department.

Now, almost 3 years on I have a beautiful growing forest of varied species.”

Invitation

If you are considering your options for forestry, but would like a more interesting and environmentally friendly site that still offers you income potential, you are warmly invited to a talk and tour of  this young forest.

We are running this as a free event in conjunction with the Roscommon Lamb Festival.