A sequel to his best-selling book Green Woodwork, Mike Abbott's new book Living Wood is both a practical manual and an inspirational guide. It covers: - becoming a green woodworker - Mike's story, from growing up in the woodlands near Bristol to owning a share in a woodland in Herefordshire - buying, managing and harvesting in Herefordshire - developing woodland facilities, including tracks, steps, huts, a barn, a kitchen and a compost toilet - setting up a woodland workshop - plans for a shelter and updated designs for a shaving horse, a pole lathe, and other green woodworking tools and devices -making ladderback chairs, including cleaving, steam-bending, and techniques for ultra-tight joints without glue - seating chairs with bark and with cord - plus a comprehensive up-to-date list of suppliers, woodland organisations and books.