Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TxBeeFarmer" <txbeefarmer@gmail.com>]

YES !!!!

Give this man a cigar!!!

Thanks so much.  I've been trying to tell some people about this, but 
couldn't remember what it was called.  I have about 25 acres of elm and 
mesquite that will be perfect for this, if I'm careful and don't exceed its 
limits.  I figure complete regrowth of harvested areas will take about 15 
years, so if I divide it up into 1.5 acre patches it should stay in 
production indefinitely.

Thanks again David.

TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
West Texas Zone 7b


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Darr" <dsdarr@gmail.com>
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" 
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Looking for a Word/Term


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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