corylus
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Chambers also says....coppice or copse..a dense thicket of trees and bushes especially one used for periodical cutting of twigs and branches......... From late Latin colpare to cut I'd go with you on this though, although where I grew up (North Yorks) a copse was also a small scrubby wooded area, but that was before I knew about coppicing, so maybe I would have argued!
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Just what I thought......?
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Are these terms definitive or local names (or both)? Coppice I presume can be a noun and a verb. "Spinney or spinny...a copse or small clump of trees, from the Latin 'spinetum' a thorn hedge which derives from 'spina' meaning thorn" according to Chambers dickshonnery. Gill we use round here, but not heard of 'shaw', which again according to Chambers means a small wood from Old Norse 'skogr' and Danish 'skov'. This is surprising as we have many Norse names round these parts. Does anyone know of a Woody dictionary? Sorry.......appear to have gone a bit off topic here......
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You might want to consider the bags with loops on the base for tipping out.
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Ahh I see. Pigs and young trees.......sounds like a recipe for disaster BUT I did read somewhere (Rackham?) that forests without wild boar are effectively dying! Anyone confirm/refute this?
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Sounds a cracking idea. Nice thinking. Pigs will destroy your pasture though if they are not nose-ringed (sorry if I'm teaching granny to suck eggs).
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Cows and young trees don't mix. You can protect with 1.2m shelters and thick stakes from sheep, maybe even double staking. Coppice stools we protect (mainly from deer...just the odd escapee sheep) with 2" weldmesh of a light gauge supported by 3 or 4 posts and tie wrapped on, forming a circle of approx 1m diameter. Not strong enough for cows though. We have done a small amount of trees with full cage shelters made of fence rails. Seem cow- proof!
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You are correct, there is no such word.....it is a ruse to flush out pedants. First heard on Radio 4 as "no one likes a pedantist.........to which someone replies...'don't you mean pedant?' " (I blame the long dark winters in Swaledale btw) Your project sounds exciting, any more info?
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As a pedantist, I couldn't help noticing he spelt froe...fore. Sorry
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Wonderful....the whole kitchen stopped to listen!
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The second sort you mention are still in wide use round here, albeit made out of sawn timber. I would envisage using the out of cycle hazel to make rough woven hurdles, they only need to keep sheep out! Lovely to see Jack H again too.
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Not thought about doing it that way.......one prob at the mo is no artic access within 1/2mile, but that may change!
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Dunno bout roadside value, but £80 for a 1m3 bag delivered at the mo. Cheers for yr input btw.
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Cheers, downloaded to be digested later.
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Ahhh I see....
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We will also be re-establishing an out of cycle hazel coppice, on a different site, which is of little use as smart hurdles, but may be just the job for protective ones..... Cheers
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That does not seem like traditional wood pasture. Here our wood pastures are used for semi permanent grazing and shelter, very different from above.
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In order..... He is providing one tractor and uncovered storage area.........will cover later Yes shared labour Vented 1m3 bags are effectively free....left over from another large non timber job Loading and delivery will be shared. You don't need to advertise round here!
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We own the storage area, but the chap who I am working with rents the farm where we are storing, from us. If we took the area we are using off his rent it would only amount to pence
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Have now.....thanks. Sadly can only find a mention of wood pasture on their site. However I will contact them.
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I have about 4 to 5 acres of mainly native broad leaves to thin, on average about 15" diameter. I will be using my machinery to get it to the processing area where I will cross cut to length, then split (my splitter but not my tractor powering it), bag and move to a holding/seasoning area (away from thieving hands!) 1/4 mile away using the other parties machinery. I realise the divide in work will not always be as obvious as stated above, but what sort of split in the final sale price seems fair? (I realise this May be a 'how long is a piece of string' question..............oh and btw I own the timber)
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We have an area of c5 ha of upland wood pasture (open grazed woodland that provides both food and shelter) that we would like to restore (hopefully with a lot of grants!). The wood now mainly consists of mature ash and sycamore, as all the wych elm which was the predominant tree, has succumbed to Dutch elm disease. As the land is grazed no natural regen has occurred and as the grazing regime is likely to continue none is likely in the future. So new trees will have to be planted and protected. I am struggling to find information regarding history, evolution and management of upland wood pasture. We will be working with the Yorkshire Dales National Park and FC on this but would love some 'outside' information. Any suggestions/help greatly appreciated.
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Trouble is the wet makes farming operations more difficult so food prices tend to rise!
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Another option is get friendly with a upvc user (glazer/facades etc) as they have plenty of solid off cuts which they may have to pay to dispose of!
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I used to use a plastic board, which I can't remember the name of but is very similar if not the same as the stuff commercial/plastic chopping boards are made. It comes in 8x4 sheets which then I ran through a table saw (lovely stuff to work with) to create my stickers. As you can imagine you get an awful lot from one sheet for c10m cutting time.
