Ancient Bushcraft Skills: 6, 000+ Year Old Technique Off Grid Woodland Project
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One question I have is about fires. My understanding is that there is a lot of ecology around natural forest fires that suffer from the human perspective of preventing them. Obviously this will partially depend on location and environment and might be a bigger deal where I've lived than there, but I imagine it's something you've had to research and think about.
Date: 2022-02-18
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Patrick
Great work, hazel is rare in my area but we have several alternatives unfortunately for us here in the he U. S. and Canada most of our American Chestnut trees were wiped out by blight introduced by imported Japanese Chestnut trees in the 1890's. I was lucky enough to have two mature undiseased American Chestnuts in the backyard of the house we rented back in New Jersey where I grew up. I've been out here in the southern Midwest for years now and the equivalent tree in our part of the Cross Timbers Ecoregion is the Ozark Chinquapin which was affected by the blight as well. The American Chestnut Foundation and the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation are trying to revive both of these import trees, thank you for everything you do I learn something new everytime I watch your videos!
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Great work, hazel is rare in my area but we have several alternatives unfortunately for us here in the he U. S. and Canada most of our American Chestnut trees were wiped out by blight introduced by imported Japanese Chestnut trees in the 1890's. I was lucky enough to have two mature undiseased American Chestnuts in the backyard of the house we rented back in New Jersey where I grew up. I've been out here in the southern Midwest for years now and the equivalent tree in our part of the Cross Timbers Ecoregion is the Ozark Chinquapin which was affected by the blight as well. The American Chestnut Foundation and the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation are trying to revive both of these import trees, thank you for everything you do I learn something new everytime I watch your videos!
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0623kaboom
cpicing is a good practice. but why are you NOT doing a 1/6th cut of each tree instead fo a full cut. at 1/6th you would always have old growth (6 years old) to harvest from for EACH tree. while full cutting means it is 6 years before you can re harvest.
. I have always understood copicing as the limited cutting of each tree to promote new growth and using ONLY the oldest growth
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by limiting your cutting to a smaller portion of the growth rate 1/6th for a 6 year replenshiment. you then get more wood over a longer period of time instead of a load of wood every so often.
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cpicing is a good practice. but why are you NOT doing a 1/6th cut of each tree instead fo a full cut. at 1/6th you would always have old growth (6 years old) to harvest from for EACH tree. while full cutting means it is 6 years before you can re harvest.
. I have always understood copicing as the limited cutting of each tree to promote new growth and using ONLY the oldest growth
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by limiting your cutting to a smaller portion of the growth rate 1/6th for a 6 year replenshiment. you then get more wood over a longer period of time instead of a load of wood every so often.
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travis
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
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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
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Andy
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!
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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!
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Greenwoodbodger
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.
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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.
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Greyman
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.
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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.
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Connie
You know, I never connected 'hazelnuts' with hazel trees, but I live in New England and I don't even know if they grow here! (Ah, something for me to research)
We do have sugar maples, which are their own kind of woodland management project.
Are these the kind of trees that you could get a crop of hazelnuts from?
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You know, I never connected 'hazelnuts' with hazel trees, but I live in New England and I don't even know if they grow here! (Ah, something for me to research)
We do have sugar maples, which are their own kind of woodland management project.
Are these the kind of trees that you could get a crop of hazelnuts from?
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Hootmon1000
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!
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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!
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Soviless99
i noticed there is a lot of swamp dogwood around where i live. a lot of it has grown back since it was cut down in the past near the roads, the shoots that grow back are super straight and i harvest them for arrows. i hazel coppicing could produce some nice bow staves and arrows
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i noticed there is a lot of swamp dogwood around where i live. a lot of it has grown back since it was cut down in the past near the roads, the shoots that grow back are super straight and i harvest them for arrows. i hazel coppicing could produce some nice bow staves and arrows
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