A stretch of the North Ride, on the the right of the photo, with a row of felled poplars that I took down to let more light in and encourage more undergrowth to come up. The crowns of these bigger trees will also provide some screening near the boundary of the wood for a few years. Once the brambles, grasses, nettles, and other annuals have grown up, these branches will be draped with a tangle of stems that will even last through the winter.
