The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company: Creating a woodland for future generations of wooden ship builders

[@ShirleyKnight-of9pr]

Nice to see you have got the trees in at last good luck to them growing

[@doczoff5655]

Great to see this commitment to ensure the long term future of this fledgling forest. Will species diversity encourage oaks with straighter trunks and grain? I'm guessing that faster growing species could force the slower growing oaks upwards to keep pace with the developing canopy? Having seen the issues that the project has to overcome due to lack of suitable straight grained oak for planking does highlight the lost arts of actively managing woodlands to meet the differing requirements of so many historical timber based industries. A case in point is the growing environmental urgency to find greener sources of energy, a lesson from our past might be to resume managing the UK's vast reserves of derelict coppice.