Short Rotation Coppicing - Rows
We have always aspired to recycle as much as we can and ideally be self-sufficient. We seem to have made a slow start on the latter, but at last our plan to create our own coppice to sustain us with firewood has begun!
Today, following Tam’s careful plan, we marked out the 12 rows varying between 12 and 16 meters long. Not as easy as it sounds as we first had to shift tons of sand/soil etc which was in the way! Now the rows are marked out we need to get the turf/meadow cut so we can strip it off.
The fast growing Willow hybrids trees have already arrived from Bowhayes Trees, 200 in total. Short rotation coppicing them means we take 3 rows worth of trees every year, and by year 4 we go back to the beginning which have re-grown in that period!
It is hard to spot the rows, but the picture below is hopefully clearer.
Short Rotation Coppicing
Tags: Short Rotation Coppice, Top Paddock, Willow Coppice
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