On Tuesday 27th February the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were at Huncoat East carrying out some coppicing work. Coppicing is an ancient form of woodland management that dates back to at least the Neolithic period of the UK. Coppicing involves felling a tree back to it’s base to create a ‘stool’. From the stool, new shoots […]
Spoon Carving, Huncoat East Woodland, Wednesday 15th February 2023
Participants took part in a spoon carving workshop at Huncoat East Woodlands. Sycamore was the wood of the day with participants using a variety of tools including’ froes, sloyds and crook knives to carve spoons. Many of the participants were total beginners and did well to make a useable spoon. PROSPECTS delivers a variety of […]
Introduction to Green Woodwork October half term 2022
PROSPECTS delivered an Introduction to Green Woodworking at Huncoat East woodland. The course involved learning about green woodworking tools, using these tools to make a mallet and spatulas from Norwegian Maple and Hazel wood which was felled as part of PROSPECTS woodland management work programme. Woody CIC Volunteer Mark was on hand to demonstrate pole […]