I'm a Professional Forester in British Columbia and am really enjoying seeing how you are managing a woodland for reasons other than commercial timber production. I'm also looking forward to when we get to see you use the products of your management in future videos. Keep up the great work!
I'm also from British Columbia, was just thinking how lucky we are to have the vast forests and untamed nature that we do... but also how I would love to get my own bit of woodland. Cheers fellow canuck
Ontario here! First year Forestry student, and loving every minute of these videos. All these old skills and insights are fascinating - hoping to find myself one day managing my own lot as well. Cheers one and all!
It might be a good idea to map out your woods, sectionalize the land into specific areas, and then create a plan to coppice the hazel trees year after year by area. Keeping some records would help you remember what you did the years prior.
Chào Bạn ! Cảm ơn đã chia sẽ. Hàng rào rừng cây. Kỹ năng Bushcraft cổ đại Kỹ thuật hơn 6.000 năm tuổi Dự án Off Grid Woodland Chúc thành công. 👍🌿🌻 like
I'm not sure how many of the people watching know that you were once a teacher but we were all just taken on a field trip. That was awesome! Is there going to be a test? Ha! Thank you. It's going to be so wonderful when you are doing this with your children when they start growing older. Respect from Florida! 🌲
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now. It's just a spring-clean for the May Queen." Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of these words with this vid and the hedge-laying! ☺️ I'm learning so much from these vids. Not just for bushcraft, but vocab that makes outdoor descriptions in British literature sooo much clearer. 💡💡💡 Thanks
There is so much to learn about Woodland management, most people will think it's easy to do, but it takes hard work, knowledge of the ecosystem within the woods itself, how to be resourceful and ways to increase wildlife and plantlife all whilst keeping it manageable and accessible to both humans and animals, good job on taking care of that woodland, many more things to explore, create and enjoy, can't wait! 🌲🌳
The tenderness and delight that we experience from the contemplation of nature is a memory of the time when we were animals, trees, flowers, earth. More precisely: it is the consciousness of unity with everything, hidden from us by time.
Pls never stop making vids You are the reason that me and a few of my freinds go out in the woods and are building a cabin we have been working a while on it
Another well made episode. Nice to see these old skills becoming a little more mainstream. From experience I'd suggest piling the brash over the stump to prevent deer (or trespassing sheep) damage. I have also found it beneficial to leave one of two larger stems when cutting neglected stumps, it seems to lessen the shock. They can then be removed when the regrowth is well established.
I've never done this type of woodland management, but your idea makes sense, I'll remember this for future reference. I'm in northern U.S., but this may apply to some species here too.
Great idea with regards to piling brash, I'll keep that one under my belt for later. I've heard the same thing from someone I trust regarding coppicing especially when the hazel has been over stood for a long time
Absolutely with you on connecting with nature better with hand tools. I live in the countryside and everyday it’s like living in an industrial estate with the noise from chainsaws all around me 😢 Not only is it better to do things by hand tools for the environment but saves you a gym subscription too 👍🏾😊
Your voice is nice for us commoners. It conveys information without being conceited. We tend to tune in more as we don't feel talked down to as Peter Ustinov has.
Still love you videos Mike after all these year's, I could spend hour's or week's or month's working with you & learning from you. I can see why you where a good teacher. I believe sir David Attenborough is slowing down now a day's & maybe there could be an opening for you to work with him. You are both fascinating to watch & listen to & learn from. Take care & stay safe bro, you & the family, from your friend Andy 🙂👍
I remember years ago my wife and were renting a house that had a massive oak tree in the front yard. It has developed a huge crack down the center of the trunk and it was thought best to just bring it down. You’re video reminded me of this because for years after it was cut down we had hundreds of oak trees coming out of the ground that were not there before. Not sure if that was from the acorns or if the tree just knew that it had been cut down and needed to regrow. Thanks for the video
the amount of research you do is astonishing, in each one of your woodland episodes your vast knowledge about forests and forest management is very very prominent, keep up the amazing work
We do about the same thing with Crepe Myrtle here in the southern US. The effect is stouter, thicker planting, by not allowing the plant to gain too much height. This encourages the flowers to be closer to the ground, putting less stress on the shoots with heavy buds. I never considered the possibility of weaving hurdles with the trimmings. Might make lattice trellises this year.
Another great film Mike. It's awesome that you're shining a light on practises that are almost forgotten. Absolutely loving your woodland series. Looking forward to seeing the next one!
Coppiced woodland used to be done on a 7 year rotation, an acre would have probably been enough woodland for one man to manage each Autumn, a 7 acre woodland would have provided enough resources for one man to eek a living from. Fascinating stuff, keep up the good work
Nice vid! A good message to people Who think cutting down all trees are bad. A local woodland to me which was managed for 100s of years was left to “rewild” In turn lost 3 species of woodland butterfly and nightjars. Now there going back to how it was managed before they messed with it
Thank you so much...using the saplings for a tree wall is amazing...I want to use melons for a summer roof...I also just saw a nice vibe climbing up a tree that survived the winter...would make a beautiful blanket for those "fences".
You sir are just fascinating! I find what you’re doing as a wonderful journey into ones history by understanding trees! I have American cousins who have been in forestry management for four generations now. What a wonderful lesson we’re sharing thanks to you! Again your children will have so many terrific experiences in your new woodland especially with their granddad God willing 👵🏼🥰🇨🇦
Hi Mike, Great work in the woodland coppicing is great for biodiversity in so many ways. I'd recommend piling any spare brash over the stools I've found this really helps keeping the deer from nibling at any of the new growth as they don't like the feeling of being trapped by the brash. Once again great work and keep up the informative videos! 👍🌳
Mate, I am really glad you're channel is currently focusing on these woodland maintenance and traditional crafts, because this is exactly what I need to know right now, so thank you so much, for all the inspiration you have given me and still are giving me. Much love from the Netherlands! (Ps I'd love to head over on my bike and hammock to go camping a few nights at your woodland)
Unmanaged woodland is a ridiculous concept in this era. Just look at us here in on the Western USA. Thank you for the very instructive video. Carry on!
Great video that takes your mind off all the bad news at the moment. I hope your woods are safe from the terrible storm Eunice that is causing devastation at the moment. As I write this the large trees at the bottom of my garden are taking a battering and I live in Yorkshire which is quite a long way from the centre of the storm.
It’s great to see these stories and how the channel has grown and my woodland journey has followed yours. I watched the long houses and the reclaimed shack. Now I have my own wood, my own shack. Did my own hedge laying, today we learn more about coppicing, and tomorrow we might go out and do some. (In fact tomorrow will be cleaning up after the storm, I’m watching this as there are trees falling over at the moment outside)
I live in somerset so we have loads of willow in garden, and hazel next to us, hazel drops so much kindling wood, we get cratefulls every year, but we also coppice out willow to keep it under control, if we didnt it would get too tall and get blown over in the gales....
you're right about the handtools/physical activity: those are genetic memories from our evolution, we spent WAY more time in the woods than we have spent in "the conveniences of modern society" or whatever Them beard lines be lookin fresh, mate Cheers love the new direction you're going, love seeing how strong and agile your hands/movements have become, when you first started, you were so timid of your tools and the work...Now, you're confident and move with power
hi can you show us how you maintain your gears and how to keep it all clean and can you give us tips when you are in the wilderness?, I really loved your channel btw Im 17 yrs old and Im really interested in bush crafting.
First of all, no matter what you do, there will allways be People they don't agree with your desicion. On top of that, nowadays many People are jealous of what you have and do and therefore generally find everything bad. I rarely see anyone thinking so much about what they doing in their forest. It should be clear to everyone by now that you don't want to damage or destroy your forest. I like what i see so far and hope that there is coming lot more. Keep on with the good work. Have fun in the woods. Stay save and healthy Greetings from Germany
Awesome informative episode Mike ✊🏼🧐! Loving this series/switch up of content. Way to be diverse with the uploads brother, cheers from California 👊🏼😎🤙🏼
Nice to see other people using forestry to do things other than timber production. I learned forestry and in my country it's very unconventional to do stuff like this. Inspiring, keep it up. Cheers!
Great work. I like to see this, because I've realised the importance of hedge laying and living hedges. We have what I call 'a rescue hedge' in our garden, which is purely there for wildlife, but originally, it was part of an orchard. It was severely neglected, so we hired a professional hedge layer to sort it out for us, and it's slowly starting to look much better, though some of the stools had rotted away. With luck, it'll be around for another few hundred years, but ONLY if more people learn to appreciate the skills you've helped to showcase here.
Mike, loved the video. Love all your videos. I thought it was cool to learn about and like how you’re all for helping nature flourish, and also the traditions of our ancestors. (I have British roots, but the American version of English is native to me).
I think I've seen this done locally to myself in Bucks, I'm going to look at the stumps again, mm,, but this is what we need bring back the old skills 👍
Thanks for the video Mike, where I live there are plenty of hazel trees, as a kid I cut a few down for old folk to make walking sticks. When you say it helps cutting down and its the best way, what about the rain forest that's natural. Loved the video Atb from Buxton.
Another outstanding video mike. The way you explain things is clear, simply and easy to understand, must be the teacher in you. I hope with these recent storms their isn't to much damage to your woodland. Look forward to the next episode
Wow i learn something here every video thankyou TA outdoors.. I had no idear there was so much to think of and plan for in woodland managment..a real eye opener is this series thanks :-)
Fantastic summary and demo on the benefits of coppicing Mike. I found the section on sweet chestnut very useful as I never appreciated it could also be coppiced. I planted 100 sweet chestnut saplings last year so I’ll probably put 50 of those aside for coppicing in 2028. I have also planted 500 hazel over the last 2 years specifically for coppicing. Are there any other native species you would recommend for coppicing? Great series and thanks very much!
Willow reacts well to coppicing.We have had a metre of growth in year one after the initial cut,it will gradually slow down for the following years.We have also added many thumb sized sticks planted amongst a dead hedge,which has now been named the zombie hedge.
Pretty much all broadleaf species will coppice, Hornbeam, Lime, Sycamore and field maple are all very viable. Willow and alder are also very good coppice species especially if you have areas of wet ground. That's some impressive planting numbers keep up the good work! 👍
Willow is great for it, fast growing. Most broadleaf species respond quite well to it. Ash regenerates pretty fast but sadly with ash dieback it’s not really as viable for it anymore. I’d say you’re pretty good to go with Hazel and Sweet Chestnut
It always amazes me how fast the Hazel, willow etc regenerates, just wondering if you have any plans to do some charcoal burns with the off cuts might be a good use for some of the larger/older stems?
I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to learn this or why I'm always so surprised to see it, but European winters are so very, very different from those here in New England. It's like you have an entire season devoted to what we'd call the last two weeks of autumn and the first two weeks of spring. Not everything is covered in ice until April!
I bought a 5 acre plot of land from my city & once I went through it I found out it has a lot of resources & edible vegetation throughout like wild onion , apple trees , walnut trees , wild lettuce , paw paw trees , & a lot more . There are a variety of tree species in this 5 acres like walnut , white Oak , pine, spruce , sugar Maple which I tend to look into if you can tap them for syrup ,Cotten wood , Elm , plum the list gos on .
Here's probably a stupid question but I will ask it anyway. Do you have to cut all the shoots from the same stump down at the same time? I only ask this because we used to have a decorative hedge (don't remember the species anymore) when growing up, and, at the time, in order to keep it thick and fresh growth we were told by someone to cut the biggest third out every year just above the stump. New growth would then shoot up and keep it always looking nice. Worked great for us but we were only dealing with maybe a big thumb sized shoot to cut each time with loppers. If the idea is to harvest every 6 years, could you just cut down 1/3 every other year and get the same result while also keeping approximately the same amount of tree there? Like I said, probably a stupid question, but kind of wondered if that would work in this instance. Maybe not. I don't know.
I have a hazel in my back garden where I cut a few of the biggest stems each year. So you can do what you say. But with Hazel the stems grow quite close so a bit fiddly even with loppers so I wouldn't want to do this if I had a lot of hazels to coppice. Hazel is great at coppicing so will regrow even if completely cut down. But for other species or shrubs cutting the whole plant down can shock it and kill it so doing a 1/3 cut every year or two is better at rejuvenating a neglected specimen. Also in a garden with a single plant fully cutting it down leaves a big gap but in a managed woodland you probably want those gaps for the wildlife.
Last of the winter? Is winter very short in the UK? This has been very informative I always was curious about trees that grow from the sides of stumps.
I found this very interesting as I have 50 acres to take care of plus two tiny peat patches I also have some little creatures to watch out for and a couple of rare plants so I don't want to clear cut any trees the way my neighbors have done I also would like to make a little money making small crafts to cover the cost of keeping the land as I am on a small fixed income you have given me some good ideas to think about thank you
I'm a Professional Forester in British Columbia and am really enjoying seeing how you are managing a woodland for reasons other than commercial timber production. I'm also looking forward to when we get to see you use the products of your management in future videos. Keep up the great work!
I'm also from British Columbia, was just thinking how lucky we are to have the vast forests and untamed nature that we do... but also how I would love to get my own bit of woodland. Cheers fellow canuck
Im also in bc canada andi love bushcraft
Ontario here! First year Forestry student, and loving every minute of these videos. All these old skills and insights are fascinating - hoping to find myself one day managing my own lot as well. Cheers one and all!
👍👍👍👍
You mean professional deforester.
I hope your woodland isn't too badly effected by the storms this weekend!!! stay safe!
It might be a good idea to map out your woods, sectionalize the land into specific areas, and then create a plan to coppice the hazel trees year after year by area. Keeping some records would help you remember what you did the years prior.
Chào Bạn ! Cảm ơn đã chia sẽ. Hàng rào rừng cây. Kỹ năng Bushcraft cổ đại Kỹ thuật hơn 6.000 năm tuổi Dự án Off Grid Woodland Chúc thành công. 👍🌿🌻 like
I'm not sure how many of the people watching know that you were once a teacher but we were all just taken on a field trip. That was awesome! Is there going to be a test? Ha! Thank you. It's going to be so wonderful when you are doing this with your children when they start growing older. Respect from Florida! 🌲
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now. It's just a spring-clean for the May Queen."
Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of these words with this vid and the hedge-laying! ☺️
I'm learning so much from these vids. Not just for bushcraft, but vocab that makes outdoor descriptions in British literature sooo much clearer. 💡💡💡
Thanks
There is so much to learn about Woodland management, most people will think it's easy to do, but it takes hard work, knowledge of the ecosystem within the woods itself, how to be resourceful and ways to increase wildlife and plantlife all whilst keeping it manageable and accessible to both humans and animals, good job on taking care of that woodland, many more things to explore, create and enjoy, can't wait! 🌲🌳
So jealous. Coppicing my own woodland is my dream. Thank you for sharing your journey. Cheers J
The tenderness and delight that we experience from the contemplation of nature is a memory of the time when we were animals, trees, flowers, earth. More precisely: it is the consciousness of unity with everything, hidden from us by time.
these hedges provide so much habitat for all sorts of animals its crazy, especially in these days with the wild areas being reduced
good work
Pls never stop making vids
You are the reason that me and a few of my freinds go out in the woods and are building a cabin we have been working a while on it
Another well made episode. Nice to see these old skills becoming a little more mainstream.
From experience I'd suggest piling the brash over the stump to prevent deer (or trespassing sheep) damage. I have also found it beneficial to leave one of two larger stems when cutting neglected stumps, it seems to lessen the shock. They can then be removed when the regrowth is well established.
I've never done this type of woodland management, but your idea makes sense, I'll remember this for future reference. I'm in northern U.S., but this may apply to some species here too.
Great idea with regards to piling brash, I'll keep that one under my belt for later.
I've heard the same thing from someone I trust regarding coppicing especially when the hazel has been over stood for a long time
Absolutely with you on connecting with nature better with hand tools.
I live in the countryside and everyday it’s like living in an industrial estate with the noise from chainsaws all around me 😢
Not only is it better to do things by hand tools for the environment but saves you a gym subscription too 👍🏾😊
Just watched your video on how to go about buying a woodland and now this makes me want one even more. I want to maintain my own woods
Very excited to see some deciduous bushcraft !
Another great episode, Love your channels and TA fishing have followed you for years. Luv from UK 🇬🇧
Your voice is nice for us commoners. It conveys information without being conceited. We tend to tune in more as we don't feel talked down to as Peter Ustinov has.
Still love you videos Mike after all these year's, I could spend hour's or week's or month's working with you & learning from you. I can see why you where a good teacher. I believe sir David Attenborough is slowing down now a day's & maybe there could be an opening for you to work with him. You are both fascinating to watch & listen to & learn from. Take care & stay safe bro, you & the family, from your friend Andy 🙂👍
Thank you , Mike .
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I remember years ago my wife and were renting a house that had a massive oak tree in the front yard. It has developed a huge crack down the center of the trunk and it was thought best to just bring it down. You’re video reminded me of this because for years after it was cut down we had hundreds of oak trees coming out of the ground that were not there before. Not sure if that was from the acorns or if the tree just knew that it had been cut down and needed to regrow. Thanks for the video
Magical! A real David Coppicefield over here 😋
Your videos are so appealing, not just owing to content, but to tone. You seem like a genuinely nice fellow.
the amount of research you do is astonishing, in each one of your woodland episodes your vast knowledge about forests and forest management is very very prominent, keep up the amazing work
Humans have been on this beautiful earth 🌏 for six thousand years only period!
We do about the same thing with Crepe Myrtle here in the southern US. The effect is stouter, thicker planting, by not allowing the plant to gain too much height. This encourages the flowers to be closer to the ground, putting less stress on the shoots with heavy buds. I never considered the possibility of weaving hurdles with the trimmings. Might make lattice trellises this year.
Another great film Mike. It's awesome that you're shining a light on practises that are almost forgotten. Absolutely loving your woodland series. Looking forward to seeing the next one!
Coppiced woodland used to be done on a 7 year rotation, an acre would have probably been enough woodland for one man to manage each Autumn, a 7 acre woodland would have provided enough resources for one man to eek a living from. Fascinating stuff, keep up the good work
I love the way you explain. It's really easy to understand.
Thật tuyệt khi xem kênh bạn , những hình Ảnh thú vị , Chúc bạn luôn vui khỏe và Phát triển tốt những việc làm của bạn nhé .
I never stop learning from you ! Keep it coming ! Thanks for all you do
Nice vid! A good message to people
Who think cutting down all trees are bad.
A local woodland to me which was managed for 100s of years was left to “rewild” In turn lost 3 species of woodland butterfly and nightjars. Now there going back to how it was managed before they messed with it
This was a great instructional video, that was good to watch!
Thank you so much...using the saplings for a tree wall is amazing...I want to use melons for a summer roof...I also just saw a nice vibe climbing up a tree that survived the winter...would make a beautiful blanket for those "fences".
I love the natural fencing idea.
You sir are just fascinating! I find what you’re doing as a wonderful journey into ones history by understanding trees! I have American cousins who have been in forestry management for four generations now. What a wonderful lesson we’re sharing thanks to you! Again your children will have so many terrific experiences in your new woodland especially with their granddad God willing 👵🏼🥰🇨🇦
Hi Mike,
Great work in the woodland coppicing is great for biodiversity in so many ways.
I'd recommend piling any spare brash over the stools I've found this really helps keeping the deer from nibling at any of the new growth as they don't like the feeling of being trapped by the brash.
Once again great work and keep up the informative videos! 👍🌳
Excellent Mike 🎣. Once again, with the time zones 🇨🇦. Everyone else has covered, all the basic topics 😉.
You’re such a good teacher(educator), Bro!
I've been looking for a better way to manage my Alder Groves. This is it. And my willow grove too. Thanks for the info.
Really interesting! Thankyou. 😀
Great video. Survival and bushcraft lovers please like this video
O the walking sticks and spoons I could make from something like that. I miss the woods, lovely to see you managing
another lovely video ... and as Canada is still in the depths of winter, i will watch spring on your channel months ahead of my own hahah
Mate, I am really glad you're channel is currently focusing on these woodland maintenance and traditional crafts, because this is exactly what I need to know right now, so thank you so much, for all the inspiration you have given me and still are giving me. Much love from the Netherlands! (Ps I'd love to head over on my bike and hammock to go camping a few nights at your woodland)
Wish I knew of bushcraft and woodland survival earlier in life. Your videos are always so informational. Thank you so much!
Glad you are enjoying them. More to come!
Unmanaged woodland is a ridiculous concept in this era. Just look at us here in on the Western USA. Thank you for the very instructive video. Carry on!
Great video that takes your mind off all the bad news at the moment. I hope your woods are safe from the terrible storm Eunice that is causing devastation at the moment. As I write this the large trees at the bottom of my garden are taking a battering and I live in Yorkshire which is quite a long way from the centre of the storm.
It’s great to see these stories and how the channel has grown and my woodland journey has followed yours. I watched the long houses and the reclaimed shack. Now I have my own wood, my own shack. Did my own hedge laying, today we learn more about coppicing, and tomorrow we might go out and do some. (In fact tomorrow will be cleaning up after the storm, I’m watching this as there are trees falling over at the moment outside)
I live in somerset so we have loads of willow in garden, and hazel next to us, hazel drops so much kindling wood, we get cratefulls every year, but we also coppice out willow to keep it under control, if we didnt it would get too tall and get blown over in the gales....
Hi Mike, Greeting from Indonesia - I love your amazing channel 👍
you're right about the handtools/physical activity: those are genetic memories from our evolution, we spent WAY more time in the woods than we have spent in "the conveniences of modern society" or whatever
Them beard lines be lookin fresh, mate
Cheers
love the new direction you're going, love seeing how strong and agile your hands/movements have become, when you first started, you were so timid of your tools and the work...Now, you're confident and move with power
Good informative video am certainly picking up a lot of knowledge, can't wait for your next installment.
hi can you show us how you maintain your gears and how to keep it all clean and can you give us tips when you are in the wilderness?, I really loved your channel btw Im 17 yrs old and Im really interested in bush crafting.
My grandfarther was a forestry engineer he would agree with your forestry management plans !
What else on top of coppicing did your grandfather do? (for forestry management)?
@@barnabyvonrudal1 he also did Scott's grandma
@@chrisjudd8576 lol, I didn't quite mean it like that!
love it. Thank you for ALL OF THESE videos youve done
First of all, no matter what you do, there will allways be People they don't agree with your desicion. On top of that, nowadays many People are jealous of what you have and do and therefore generally find everything bad.
I rarely see anyone thinking so much about what they doing in their forest.
It should be clear to everyone by now that you don't want to damage or destroy your forest.
I like what i see so far and hope that there is coming lot more.
Keep on with the good work.
Have fun in the woods.
Stay save and healthy
Greetings from Germany
This is beautiful using nature the way it was intended
Thanks for sharing. Blessings!!!
I'm learning so much! Thank you for your hard work and sharing. 😊
loving all the extra details and nerdy info. reminds me of MCQ and way he would nerd off on stuff. am sure there is some influence there
Can't wait to see what you build with all that wood.
Very educational Mike! Thank you. 👍😁
Great job
Awesome informative episode Mike ✊🏼🧐! Loving this series/switch up of content. Way to be diverse with the uploads brother, cheers from California 👊🏼😎🤙🏼
Mate this is awesome to watch. Thanks for posting. 👍👍🇦🇺
This was a fascinating watch. Just what I need to learn about my own wood.
Thanks máster! 🤘🏼
Nice to see other people using forestry to do things other than timber production. I learned forestry and in my country it's very unconventional to do stuff like this. Inspiring, keep it up. Cheers!
Great update and extremely interesting, well done buddy.
Great work. I like to see this, because I've realised the importance of hedge laying and living hedges. We have what I call 'a rescue hedge' in our garden, which is purely there for wildlife, but originally, it was part of an orchard. It was severely neglected, so we hired a professional hedge layer to sort it out for us, and it's slowly starting to look much better, though some of the stools had rotted away. With luck, it'll be around for another few hundred years, but ONLY if more people learn to appreciate the skills you've helped to showcase here.
Mike, loved the video. Love all your videos. I thought it was cool to learn about and like how you’re all for helping nature flourish, and also the traditions of our ancestors. (I have British roots, but the American version of English is native to me).
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think I've seen this done locally to myself in Bucks, I'm going to look at the stumps again, mm,, but this is what we need bring back the old skills 👍
Dormouse boxes, could we get anymore English!! Love it. (English on Me mum’s side.) 🇺🇸 Lol.
Love your woodland !!! ❤️❤️❤️🌲🌳🌿🌱
Thanks for the video Mike, where I live there are plenty of hazel trees, as a kid I cut a few down for old folk to make walking sticks. When you say it helps cutting down and its the best way, what about the rain forest that's natural. Loved the video Atb from Buxton.
Another outstanding video mike. The way you explain things is clear, simply and easy to understand, must be the teacher in you.
I hope with these recent storms their isn't to much damage to your woodland.
Look forward to the next episode
Wow nice skills, i'm from Brazil and I love and I love watching bushcraft work in biomes that we don't have around here
Another great video Mike. Learned new things about woodland management.
I think that your voice is very calming. The more ancient skills the better.
This is fascinating. Thanks for making videos like this. Makes me wish I had land to take care of like this...
Witaj dziękuję za twoją pracę pozdrawiam serdecznie ciebie i twoich bliskich 🤗👏💪🐺🐾🏞️💐🥇
Wow i learn something here every video thankyou TA outdoors..
I had no idear there was so much to think of and plan for in woodland managment..a real eye opener is this series thanks :-)
Fantastic summary and demo on the benefits of coppicing Mike. I found the section on sweet chestnut very useful as I never appreciated it could also be coppiced. I planted 100 sweet chestnut saplings last year so I’ll probably put 50 of those aside for coppicing in 2028. I have also planted 500 hazel over the last 2 years specifically for coppicing. Are there any other native species you would recommend for coppicing? Great series and thanks very much!
Willow reacts well to coppicing.We have had a metre of growth in year one after the initial cut,it will gradually slow down for the following years.We have also added many thumb sized sticks planted amongst a dead hedge,which has now been named the zombie hedge.
Pretty much all broadleaf species will coppice, Hornbeam, Lime, Sycamore and field maple are all very viable. Willow and alder are also very good coppice species especially if you have areas of wet ground.
That's some impressive planting numbers keep up the good work! 👍
Willow is great for it, fast growing. Most broadleaf species respond quite well to it. Ash regenerates pretty fast but sadly with ash dieback it’s not really as viable for it anymore. I’d say you’re pretty good to go with Hazel and Sweet Chestnut
It always amazes me how fast the Hazel, willow etc regenerates, just wondering if you have any plans to do some charcoal burns with the off cuts might be a good use for some of the larger/older stems?
Yep got that planned 👍🏻
Loving the woodland series can't wait to see what plans you have for the woodland
Looking forward to it @19:48 hazel doormouse critter thingy
Really interesting.Cheers!
Very interesting. Learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing this video with us.
I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to learn this or why I'm always so surprised to see it, but European winters are so very, very different from those here in New England. It's like you have an entire season devoted to what we'd call the last two weeks of autumn and the first two weeks of spring.
Not everything is covered in ice until April!
I bought a 5 acre plot of land from my city & once I went through it I found out it has a lot of resources & edible vegetation throughout like wild onion , apple trees , walnut trees , wild lettuce , paw paw trees , & a lot more . There are a variety of tree species in this 5 acres like walnut , white Oak , pine, spruce , sugar Maple which I tend to look into if you can tap them for syrup ,Cotten wood , Elm , plum the list gos on .
Hi Mike, are a millenary tradition?, it´s interesting when these people this still done in England´s woodlands. I wait for the next video
I would recommend you consider Bonsai. There are several UK resources you might investigate. Right down your line, mate!
Man I really look forward to the years to come! 🙌🏻
Very interesting,keep at it!
As they grew you could bind them to grow nice and straight
Really like the insight and details. Thanks for sharing.
Here's probably a stupid question but I will ask it anyway. Do you have to cut all the shoots from the same stump down at the same time? I only ask this because we used to have a decorative hedge (don't remember the species anymore) when growing up, and, at the time, in order to keep it thick and fresh growth we were told by someone to cut the biggest third out every year just above the stump. New growth would then shoot up and keep it always looking nice. Worked great for us but we were only dealing with maybe a big thumb sized shoot to cut each time with loppers.
If the idea is to harvest every 6 years, could you just cut down 1/3 every other year and get the same result while also keeping approximately the same amount of tree there?
Like I said, probably a stupid question, but kind of wondered if that would work in this instance. Maybe not. I don't know.
I have a hazel in my back garden where I cut a few of the biggest stems each year. So you can do what you say. But with Hazel the stems grow quite close so a bit fiddly even with loppers so I wouldn't want to do this if I had a lot of hazels to coppice.
Hazel is great at coppicing so will regrow even if completely cut down. But for other species or shrubs cutting the whole plant down can shock it and kill it so doing a 1/3 cut every year or two is better at rejuvenating a neglected specimen.
Also in a garden with a single plant fully cutting it down leaves a big gap but in a managed woodland you probably want those gaps for the wildlife.
Splendid information. I did not know about the dormouse!
Last of the winter? Is winter very short in the UK? This has been very informative I always was curious about trees that grow from the sides of stumps.
Interesting and informative, thanks.
I found this very interesting as I have 50 acres to take care of plus two tiny peat patches I also have some little creatures to watch out for and a couple of rare plants so I don't want to clear cut any trees the way my neighbors have done I also would like to make a little money making small crafts to cover the cost of keeping the land as I am on a small fixed income you have given me some good ideas to think about thank you