Forest Establishment
Please visit the Forest Grant Schemes section for information on forestry grants and premiums, application procedures, registered companies, etc.
Forest establishment
- Afforestation - legal requirements
- Importance of getting it right first time
- Ground preparation
- Fencing
- Planting
- Fertiliser
- Reforestation
- Forest owner's profile: Michael Owens, Co Kilkenny
Management of young forests
- Importance of early management, including an overview of seasonal tasks
- Vegetation control
- Nutrient requirements
- Replanting, including tree stocking density
- Formative shaping of broadleaf trees
- Frost damage
- Animal trespass
- Management tasks from year 4 to year 10