Comments on: Chop and Drop in the Coppice http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/ Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comment-22282 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:35:26 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099#comment-22282 Hi Speedy
Alder has been coppiced, but I’m not sure about Italian Alder. I have recently been told that it pollards OK, which is more like what I’m going to do, so looks like it will be fine.
All of the best
Deano

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By: Speedy http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comment-22275 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:51:13 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099#comment-22275 Whoops!
forgot to post the link.
here it is.
http://carbonfarmingcourse.com/blog/alnoculture-perennial-agriculture-in-the-medieval-apennines-guest-blog-by-dave-jacke#2

:-)

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By: Speedy http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comment-22274 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:48:43 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099#comment-22274 Hi Deano,
just found this blog a few hours ago, but don’t remember how i got here.
great info, thanks

Dave Jacke told me that Grey Alder (A.incana) was the species that
the Ligurion Alnoculture System was based on several centuries ago.
You may have heard of it, but here’s an article he wrote on it anyway.
Dave is working on a book about coppicing… if it takes as long as
his Edible Forest Gardening books, we may not see them for a few years yet….
but they will be thorough and a wealth of info.
Italian Alder (A.cordata) is a differnt species I know ,
but close enough related I think that they should work ok.
Cheers

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By: Of peasants, pigs, permaculture and Patel… | Small Farm Future http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comment-22264 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:02:17 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099#comment-22264 […] in my previous post on this site. They include comments by permaculturists I respect like Deano Martin, Tomas Remiarz and Martin Crawford. Deano makes some nice points about perennial and annual crops […]

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By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comment-22254 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:53:45 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099#comment-22254 Hi Jan
Thanks for that. I might have cut some of the trees back a bit harder if I had known that in advance. I’ll see how it works this year and modify accordingly.
No area for direct comparison, and as each chunk of trees is sited at differing distances from the existing hedges, there probably isn’t a way to directly compare the results. I’m happy to just observe and use those observations for my own benefit. One of the chop and drop observations is going to be how much time the chooks spend scratching in this area compared to others, but again, as it’s more sheltered in this chunk, it’s difficult to separate what the underlying reasons are.
All of the best
Deano

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