Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Catherine Noble <cathie@dungog.net>]

On 19/04/10 09:29, TxBeeFarmer 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 believe that's coppicing
Regards
Catherine