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Coppicing

Sunday, 28 September 2008
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Maurice brings out the heavy guns for some serious work

Over the course of two workdays we coppiced an area in Birchwood and cleared some fine standard trees of Ivy.

This area of woodland is in desperate need of coppicing Coppicing is a traditional form of woodland management. Some of the trees neede Ivy cutting back from them too An old hand shows the newbie the ropes Ellie gets stuck in Where's my Jaffa cakes Dave? Once coppiced the wood can be further cut for a variety of uses These woods have been coppiced in the past, which is why so many of the trees in the wood have several trunks Coppicing involves cutting the trees down to ground level Maurice brings out the heavy guns for some serious work Ellie and Angie start to tackle the Ivy on this oak tree Dave pitches in too Dave loves trees! A coppiced tree can live many times longer than if the tree had not been cut down at all Lesley gets to the root of the problem Ivy can restrict the growth of a tree and block out light Ron tackles the Ivy The coppiced area We produced bean poles, props and firewood Angela loves trees Lesley loves trees too Maurice really loves tree But Ellie loves them best - look at that smile! We thought these slices of oak would make good plaques. In the meantime Ellie thinks one makes a good stool Angela saves this Oak from being completely overrun with Ivy With a bit of help from Ron! This tree can grow properly now it's not being strangled That makes Angie very happy! You can see that much more light can get into the area now Kirstie, you're only supposed to cut the trees, leave my arm alone!

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