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Another lunch hour on the plot. Found a flattened coal scuttle/witches cauldron. Mulched more saplings. #allotment #coppice #treecare

Another lunch hour on the plot. Found a flattened coal scuttle/witches cauldron. Mulched more saplings. #allotment #coppice #treecare

Another lunch hour on the plot. Found a flattened coal scuttle/witches cauldron. Mulched more saplings. #allotment #coppice #treecare

Another lunch hour on the plot. Found a flattened coal scuttle/witches cauldron. Mulched more saplings. #allotment #coppice #treecare

The copse in mist by images@twiston

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxiI7QdL0e00

#sunrise #godsowncountry #dawn #atmospheric #first #golden #light #tree #grass #field #meadow #yorkshire #daybreak #eshton #airton #gargrave #malham #malhamdale #copse #clump #beautyinnature #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #landscape #imagestwiston #yorkshiredales #coppice #trees #northyorkshire #nationalpark

#Coppice? What's that?
Learn all about creating a multi-functional polewood economy with Mark Krawczyk. #permaculture #agroforestry #polyculture #woodlot #TreeCrops #video #trees #fodder #fuel #fungi #furniture #fencing #baskets
https://youtu.be/ctXviDGjspg

Daisugi – Growing Straight Lumber without Killing the Tree https://hackaday.com/2024/02/20/daisugi-growing-straight-lumber-without-killing-the-tree/ #woodworking #greenhacks #bonsaitree #pollarding #coppicing #arborist #forestry #coppice #daisugi #pollard #tree #wood

Daisugi – Growing Straight Lumber without Killing the Tree - In 14th Century Japan, there was a shortage of straight lumber for building and fl... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/20/daisugi-growing-straight-lumber-without-killing-the-tree/ #woodworking #greenhacks #bonsaitree #pollarding #coppicing #arborist #forestry #coppice #daisugi #pollard #tree #wood

@timsmalley You're local to the forest? Do you mind tagging #coppice #pollard when you identify and photograph one? They're two tags I follow and me being in Australia with mostly American arboriculture teachings, coppice and pollard are basically unknown dark arts here.

@timsmalley Great photo. Since it looked like an ancient #pollard, I had to check:

https://efht.org.uk/discover-epping-forest/about-the-forest/coppicing-pollarding-managing-the-trees-of-epping-forest/

#coppice

@braveamateur Yes. A sustainable, inefficient process is better than an efficient, unsustainable process. Nature knows this. Some people know it, too.

It applies in many cultural areas as well, a few examples:

- #functionalprogramming
- perennial #polyculture, #permaculture
- wood burning, if you #coppice or #pollard the trees
- #sourdough

I can clarify some of these in thread if desired.

Our little botany group were surveying a plot of land that had been spotted as being "of interest" by a Natural England surveyor and which the farmer had fenced off to protect. The Botany wasn't brilliant species-wise, but ye gods, the trees were awesome. Round these parts farming's behind the times and these trees were crops until relatively recently, resulting in ancient gnarly trees. Here's an old Hazel that's seen some action. #Tree #Woodland #Hazel #Pollard #Coppice #Farming

Want to grow #eucalyptus in your yard but they are too darn big?

Try #pollard, an ancient practice of cutting the "poll" at a pre-determined height and using or cycling the material for mulch. Every cut is always made on new wood so it's a sound #arboriculture practice, it can maintain #trees to specific heights that are reset on a cycle plus they don't get out of control. Bonus is, they also live longer based on a pollard history of thousands of years.

Pictured here are Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, pollards with #vetiver grass underneath as a mulching plant. The Vetiver existed first, the #eucalypts were planted in after the Vetiver Grass suppressed the pasture grass.

These poles will be grown and harvested as 2.1m posts eventually while some Kei Apples and Citrus establish underneath.

As soon as these reached a medium size, insects like sawfly and stick insects moved in which were never present before as the area is too small to grow full size Gum trees.

If you are interested in a history of #coppice and/or pollard, there are some books available, one example: https://www.williambryantlogan.com/sprout-lands

#gardening #gardeningau #permaculture #australia

So, springtime in the coppice garden. I have red or white currants I didn't know about. #currantbush #ribes #coppice #spring

@breadandcircuses You are absolutely right that industrial-scale wood burning is unsustainable, especially if it involves cutting down forests.

A slight nuance though: biomass *can* be sustainable under some conditions. In case of wood:

- Small scale, close to the source.
- #Coppice, #pollard or #prune the trees, rather than taking them down entirely.
- #Compost to generate heat (and perhaps methane) and use as #mulch afterwards if possible.
- Use rocket mass heating otherwise.

#permaculture

#January 28, 1873
#OTD Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #Author, #Writer, #Actress, #Cat Lover, & #Poet, is born.

Known simply as Colette, she is best known for Gigi (1944) & Cheri (1920).

In "Sido," Colette wrote,

"O #Geraniums, and yours, O #Foxgloves,
Springing up amidst the #Coppice,
That gave my childish cheeks their #Rosy warmth."

She also wrote,

"There are no #Ordinary #Cats," & "Time spent with a cat is never wasted."

#Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon #Flowers