Willow Coppice Planting
At last after weeks of hard work and slog, and contending with snow and ice we can finally start planting up the Willow Coppice!
It was as ever a family affair and the kids loved pushing the willow ‘twigs’ into the holes and sinking in the cane beside it to hold up the rabbit guard. My Mum was also on hand to help dig and plant so we managed quite a production line, and got over half of the 200 trees planted.
Can’t wait to watch them grow and hope one day they will provide all the wood we need for the wood burners (which we don’t have yet!) The first ‘crop’ should be ready to burn in five years time 
Patience in this case will be a virtue.
Willow Coppice
Tags: Top Paddock, Willow Coppice
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