SWS Forestry staff attended a training field day in North Tipperary last Friday. We visited a recently planted site in the morning where Joe Fitzgerald and Colm Dunne led the session on soil pH and selection of species best suited to different soil types. Padraig Egan and John Kelly (of Laois Sawmills) led the afternoon session in an active harvesting site where thinning, yield class and timber categories were discussed.
Luckily the rain held off for the most part!