He then sold the wood from 3,000 acres of oak forest to the construction industry to enable the estate to be saved.

If humans abandoned this country tomorrow, in a few centuries or so the great oak forest that once covered the place would return.

Next day we hired bikes and rode through a dappled oak forest and past red houses where tiny robot lawnmowers kept every lawn pristine.

It was built entirely without nails, and drinks are served via a pulley system on the oak forest floor.

Covered rather extensively by mixed pine and oak forest, it has a much lower population density than much of the rest of the state.