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  • From: David Darr <dsdarr@gmail.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Looking for a Word/Term
  • Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:29:41 -0700

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 4:29 PM, TxBeeFarmer <txbeefarmer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A year or two ago I ran across a process of harvesting certain kinds of
> trees for their wood then letting them grow back from the stump and
> harvesting them again some years later.  Evidently, this process continues
> in rotation endlessly and has been practiced for centuries.  I recall
> reading that some of the stumps were many feet in diameter from repeated
> harvesting.  I just can't seem to remember the word for it!
>
> Anyone here know what it's called?

I think you are thinking of coppicing. ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing

-David




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