The Art of Coppicing: Ancient Woodland Management Techniques Explained

[@iainaquariumagic]

Wonderful work here Rob. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Can't wait until the next one already 👍🐠🐟💦

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you again, Iain 😊

[@calvinjonesyoutube]

This is brilliant. Not only the coppicing and production of useful goods for local gardeners, but also the fact that a conservation group see the value of it.

[@persephoneblue4276]

Woohoo! A new video 😀

[@robsdiscovery]

Not so new now! 😄 But yes, woohoo! 🎉😁

[@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000]

Really interesting. I never knew the benefits of coppicing and that Hazel has so many uses.

[@royhenderson4085]

9:54 charcoal Alex! That kiln has been on my land since the begin of the year, just haven't had the energy to do a burn. Looking forward to the charcoal making video.

[@robsdiscovery]

Sorry its taken so long! Home life got a bit hectic! It's still very much in the pipeline though! 🔥📹🤗

[@jameskniskern2261]

I don't know how I missed this when you posted it. Great little video.

[@tuscan440r]

Great episode, I met Mike last year and he kindly gave us some Willow cuttings for our garden. I also spotted Geoff Hannis lurking in the back this video as well 😂. Good company Rob

[@robsdiscovery]

Thanks! That's all wonderful to hear 🌳🪓😌

[@digger000100]

Hi Rob great to see you again really look forward to your videos..

[@JeanGodden-e2s]

What a great video and so informative. Looking forward to the charcoal burning episode.

[@jacob1121]

Using a dead hedge for support to make a bramble thicket around the coppice might be an excellent idea as it is self regenerating, even after the dead hedge has rotted down.

[@karmakimdaisy8680]

Love it, feels like a special feature on Blue Peter

[@QQUU-xt6fg]

Nice video and music too.

[@patriciamerrill-siefken877]

Great video ❤

[@mmform]

Very interesting, thx!

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

Beautiful informative video! I'm growing lots of hazel from seed this year for our small tree nursery. Hopefully, in a few years, we'll also coppice some of them.

[@robsdiscovery]

Thank you, Crina. I'm so glad you liked the videos 🌳🙏🏽😊 All the best with your hazel! 🌱

[@katierasburn9571]

Thank you for this omg i've been trying to write a wee book set in ye olden times lol and connection with nature etc, this has been abundantly useful to see how people might have used the woodland and what it would have looked like - the habitats part was especially useful!

[@robsdiscovery]

You're very welcome, Katie. I'm so pleased it's been helpful. Please do let us all know when the wee book is complete! 📚🤗

[@spencersanderson1894]

Me and Mike have the same style billhook. His looked like a Norfolk which is the same as mine, fantastic billhook. Thank you for the video, very informative and fun! I’ve actually just emailed Mike about some work as he’s very local to me and it’s hard to find people who do this sort of stuff!

[@judithclarke5295]

Have you got any orchids flowers yes you know orchids flowers in the garden I "'ll love to see them 😍😎😚🏘🐒🎧

[@robsdiscovery]

There are a few in the wildflower meadow areas.

[@saethman]

Intriguing. Would it be possible to combine coppicing of hazel with nut harvest? (or will the hazel take too long time to regrow and make nuts)

[@UpTheIrons51510]

It can be combined but this management is not for nut harvest - it’s for limb biomass. If you look at hazelnut farms, the trees are usually pruned & managed like a fruit tree; ie 1 trunk, small flaring crown, fairly dense plantings, irrigated, etc. The nuts grow near the ends of the stems & when they’re allowed a natural regrowth from coppice, the majority of the nuts are simply inaccessible.

[@robsdiscovery]

Excellent answer 🌰

[@robsdiscovery]

Good question! 🌰

[@JustIsold]

Are there any basket makers in the area that could use the brash perhaps?

[@robsdiscovery]

Quite possibly! If there are then I believe Mike will be on the case 🧺😉

[@joshfoster9832]

The thing about it is, 90% of the coppice is now held by the state and their subsidiaries (national trust, forestry commission, councils, etc). These people are incredibly elitist and the result of centuries of enclosures and repression of rural commoners (not today's false and misleadingly narrow definition, everyone who isn't landed nobility). They will now permission no new woodsmen to work the abandon coppice. They want the common people dispossessed of the land entirely.

[@robsdiscovery]

Sadly, I agree. The question is, what shall we do about it?

[@joshfoster9832]

@@robsdiscovery work it anyway

[@robsdiscovery]

Here here! 👊🏽🪓

[@christopherhinton6456]

a chainsaw is not traditional.

[@robsdiscovery]

You're right. It's not. It's the management technique that's ancient not the tools.

[@ZGardenZ]

really needed tool esp on thick trunks of the tree 👍❤️👏​@@robsdiscovery

[@steveschofield9243]

Slow talking

[@robsdiscovery]

Do you mean the talking is too slow for you? Or do you mean you like the slower pace of talking? 🤔

[@kuibeiguahua]

@@robsdiscoverymaybe he was doing nonjudgmental observation lol and just qualified it without going for a good or bad angle