Yesterday was a damp and murky day in one of the woods we truffle hunt in. In the winter (just!), out of truffle season, we always do a little woodland maintenance on some of our sites. The tasks were:
Gathering fallen and leaning branches to make it easier for our truffle hunting guests to move around the wood.
Cutting down self-seeded ash and sycamore. These are no good for truffles, beech trees are the truffles favourites.
Gathering up trees tubes. They have been there over 20 years since the wood was planted and many we picked up can be re-used elsewhere. Sadly, the beech trees have grown around quite a few so they can’t be full removed. Taking them away when the trees are established is generally not part of plans for woodland creation and they just end up littering the woods. If planting trees, do consider biodegradable options or remove them when they are not needed.
