I found this article so interesting. It lead me into a wonderful rabbit hole of internet articles about coppicing on a rainy Saturday morning here! Native New Zealand trees are mostly evergreen, but I bought my property from an English couple who had planted many English plants and trees including mulberries and hazels. My path going down to my wildflower meadow is lined with the hazels which have become pretty thick and unruly and are crowing out the light of the hellebores and other wee flowers between them. So thank you very much, I now know what my task for them will be when it starts getting a bit cooler!
All the very best. And I adore your articles. Thank you so much :)
Is there an optimum age for first cut and then years between coppicing hazels? Mine are now 11 and growing strongly. Also, I love the idea that aurochs or mammoths might be re-introduced but I would be jolly annoyed if they came into my garden! I am fed up with the deer eating everything on sight, don't need anything bigger!
I found this article so interesting. It lead me into a wonderful rabbit hole of internet articles about coppicing on a rainy Saturday morning here! Native New Zealand trees are mostly evergreen, but I bought my property from an English couple who had planted many English plants and trees including mulberries and hazels. My path going down to my wildflower meadow is lined with the hazels which have become pretty thick and unruly and are crowing out the light of the hellebores and other wee flowers between them. So thank you very much, I now know what my task for them will be when it starts getting a bit cooler!
All the very best. And I adore your articles. Thank you so much :)
Emma-Jane
Is there an optimum age for first cut and then years between coppicing hazels? Mine are now 11 and growing strongly. Also, I love the idea that aurochs or mammoths might be re-introduced but I would be jolly annoyed if they came into my garden! I am fed up with the deer eating everything on sight, don't need anything bigger!