Cadlemas work camp 2012 - What we did...

Well despite the snow we got lots done this weekend on the hill: we managed to coppice the stools we wanted to do (thanks to Mike and his chainsaw... until it gave up the ghost, hope it's not to costly to fix Mike?) Below is a rough sketch map showing the bit we did (very crudely marked with hashing)

The rest of Coupe A either had young saps in or the mature Oaks were shading the hazel, so to give it a chance we have left them to get bigger and stronger before coppicing them.

We generated a fair bit of product: Spars for the stables roof to form a floor to place hay on, wood for the charcoal stack (will be used in 2013 if not later) as well as pea sticks, bean poles and lots of lop and top to make faggots for the ovens and to repair the top pigsty roof with later this year.
























We also finished the post and rail fence down the length of triangle field and dug in a post for the gate at the bottom end. We also replaced the post and rail in top orchard where the horses had got through into the coppice recently - thankfully they had not done any damage.

All in all a very successful weekend.