Max woods

Max wood is a small section of a bit of my woods, which I know as Lower Bee woods. It was planted in year 6, mostly (winter 06 into 07). In memory of a deceased friend.

It is largely a wetland area and it therefore has been mostly planted with Willows and Alders.

It is one of the most instantly successful bit of planting, not least of which; because it marks the turning point of failure into success.

Prior to year 6 all trees were collected on my bicycle, which meant that I was very limited in size, quantity and time. Many of the trees planted from years 1 - 5 were too small to compete with the grasses, nettles and other vegetation. Max woods its self was planted fully at least twice, with only minimal success, in previous years whilst Max was still alive.

The success of years 6 - 10 was brought about by my introduction to motorised transport, in the form of a scooter, which enabled me to collect bigger trees much more quickly, giving me far grater success than I had ever enjoyed before.
Here, this little stone bridge connects Upper and Middle Bee woods, where the leat branches off to the aqueduct, which runs alongside Maxwoods. I have renamed this little bridge 'Max-bridge', I hope that nobody minds.