The forestry option continues to be highly attractive for farmers and landowners.

HOW wonderfully a day of sunshine transforms the world, and ourselves.

STOVES sales have increased by 35% year-on-year, as home owners realise the benefits of log stoves — the most efficient way of burning firewood.

AN ECOLOGICAL disaster is on the cards because of tree felling by the state’s forestry company, environmentalists have claimed.

I WAS pleased to see the letter (June 25) by Brendan Kelly on our massive monoculture plantations of Sitka spruce. Much of the countryside, notably in west Cork, has been visibly and invisibly ruined by these dark and gloomy forests, almost devoid of wildlife.

IN HIS letter (June 16), John Jackson says ‘afforestation’ in Ireland needs a massive boost and the “barriers (to) afforestation which have been erected on very dubious scientific grounds” need to be examined.

OUR most precious natural resource is clean, drinkable water.

AUTUMN may be the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, but it’s also the time for some prime farm sales.

I SMELT it before I saw it. The still, moist air of the forest carried the pleasant scent of resin, faint at first, then getting stronger. The path turned a corner and I saw a stack of freshly sawn logs.