Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Andrew Lawrence" <andrew@communityguitar.com>]

I think the word you're looking for is "coppice".

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From: "TxBeeFarmer" <txbeefarmer@gmail.com>
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Subject: [Livingontheland] Looking for a Word/Term


> 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?
>
> Thanks
> TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
> West Texas Zone 7b
>
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