{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Forestry Now","title":"Season One Overview","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":421,"description":"End of Season One Overview!\nTwo things on the agenda today - firstly a short bit of housekeeping about the summer break. And secondly for those who are brand new or recent listeners this podcast includes a brief overview of big takeaways since I launched the show.\nFirstly the housekeeping -  just to say that there’ll be no new episodes of the podcast until September 2026. This will give me a chance to catch up on managing my own forests and to plan for the next season of interviews - so make sure you’re subscribed and you’ll be notified of the newest episodes once they release. And also, if you haven’t already liked or rated the podcast please be a legend and do so. Thank you.\nNow a few of the main takeaways from Season One of the podcast.\nHalf of my guests to date are forest owners who also work in the sector so that gives them an extra perspective. The big take away is simply that it pays to spend time in your forest so you can get the most from it - be that timber, nature enhancement, or simply for your own pleasure and enjoyment. Two great interviews that typify this are with Olive Leavy (Resilient Family Forests - CCF in Westmeath) and another with Sean O Conluain (Who Dares Wins - Transformation of Sitka Spruce to Continuous Cover Forestry) who both describe their experiences using Continuous Cover Forestry Principles. Another forest owner, Brendan Guinan (Farming in an Irish Forest) spoke to me about his approach to agroforestry in an established plantation and that's a great episode for anyone who wants to combine timber and food outputs from their forest. \nTwo powerful storms hit Ireland in Dec 24 and January 25 and in Falling Timber, Falling Prices - I spoke with Victor Barber from Western Forestry. This episode was a great overview of the huge challenges the Irish sector has been facing cleaning up three years of harvest. If there's a lesson here for me it’s that owners of semi mature forests should get roads in early and try to have a valid felling...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/y-Ns7qgeQc4APOd80Zlamk7qjqkdHoEVT6BTEG7fO4A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZmZj/ZWY3Yjg1ZjZiZmYy/ZTNjMGQ5YWZlY2Jh/NWUwMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}