<p>First published in 2002, <em>Living Wood</em> is both a practical manual and an inspirational guide, updating much of the information included in Mike's best-selling book <em>Green Woodwork</em>.</p><p><em>Living Wood</em> covers:</p><p>• Becoming a green woodworke--Mike's story, from playing in the woodlands to owning a share in a woodland in Herefordshire</p><p>• Buying, managing, and harvesting a woodland;</p><p>• Developing woodland facilities, including tracks, steps, huts, a barn, a kitchen, and a compost toilet</p><p>• Setting up a woodland workshop--plans for a shelter and updated designs for a shaving horse, a pole lathe, and other green wood-working tools and devices</p><p>• Making ladder-back chairs, including cleaving, steam-bending, and techniques for ultra-tight joints without glue</p><p>• Seating chairs with bark and with cord</p><p>• A comprehensive list of suppliers, woodland organizations, and books</p><p>Now in its fourth edition, <em>Living Wood</em> includes a selection of photographs of Mike’s latest workshop at Brookhouse Wood.</p>