Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Series 3 Episode 1 - Ancient Woodland Walk with Jamie
Ancient Woodland / Cumbria / Rainforest / Farmer / Conservation
I met Jamie Chaplin Brice on a very wild wet woolly day in January and we went for a wander in one of our local ancient woods. Jamie is a lover of woods and woodlands and is a very capable maker of beautiful furniture. He is also a farmer. So, Jamie bridges the gap between farmer and woodsman. We talk here about the things we see on our woodland walk.
Ancient woodland in the UK is now a rare habitat as people through development and agriculture have eroded what was once a very significant woodland cover. In some areas with the right climate and rainfall we can also say that this ancient woodland is rainforest - and our temperate rainforests are just as important as others around the world.
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Hi Bryony, many thanks for your message - i think you are right he didn’t! The art of coppicing - or cutting stems of a plant like hazel or oak off just above ground to (i) use the material for stakes, poles, hedging, fuel and (ii) allowing regrowth so that you are managing woodland not removing it - is something we have rather lost as a society yet is has so much value for nature emulating the damage big animals do in habitats. We are trying to encourage more coppicing again as an economic activity! Pete
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
I don’t think Jamie ever answered your question about what ”coppicing” actually means - possible some listeners might not know?
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
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