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Coppiced wood land
First, I cut down a 40-year-old American beech tree with a single trunk, likely established from seed. The tree measured 8 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH) and yielded one face cord. I then harvested an 18-year-old, coppice-grown American beech tree that had four stems. The coppiced American beech also produced one face cord. In other words, coppicing encouraged equal wood production in less than half the time.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/coppicing-trees-for-firewood-zm0z18fmzmulMany types of deciduous tree can be coppiced: Alder, Ash, Beech, Birch (3-4 year cycle), Hazel (7 year cycle), Hornbeam, Oak (50 year cycle), Sycamore Sweet Chestnut (15-20 year cycle), Willow but Sweet Chestnut, Hazel (7 year cycle), and Hornbeam are the most commonly coppiced tree species currently. The trees are cut during the winter before the sap has risen, and the branches are all cut low to the ground. By repeatedly cutting the trees their lifespan can be greatly increased.
https://www.stovesonline.co.uk/coppicing-firewood.htmlThe only problem is the labor in cutting trees & hauling wood.
I used a five pound ax to trim limbs after Dad fell a tree & limbed it up, then loaded the rounds after he cut them. My younger brothers remover the limbs as I cut them off the tree. We would unload the wood in the split yard & wash up, eat & bath then bed. Split & stack in the coming days, never cured wood, burnt it green. My father lift home when I was twelve years old, that is when I stopped cutting fire wood in the swamp & cut wood on the farm hedgerow. We moved into a house with gas heat when I fourteen years old, only cut wood when I cleared land after that.
No something I would want to do today unless it was the only way to heat the house. With solar tech of 2001, we can get a lot of heat from the sun, but would need some wood, too.
I never used a Rocket Stove, but they are said to put out more heat on less wood, & almost no smoke, the stove burns all the ash, so no smoke.
First, I cut down a 40-year-old American beech tree with a single trunk, likely established from seed. The tree measured 8 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH) and yielded one face cord. I then harvested an 18-year-old, coppice-grown American beech tree that had four stems. The coppiced American beech also produced one face cord. In other words, coppicing encouraged equal wood production in less than half the time.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/coppicing-trees-for-firewood-zm0z18fmzmulMany types of deciduous tree can be coppiced: Alder, Ash, Beech, Birch (3-4 year cycle), Hazel (7 year cycle), Hornbeam, Oak (50 year cycle), Sycamore Sweet Chestnut (15-20 year cycle), Willow but Sweet Chestnut, Hazel (7 year cycle), and Hornbeam are the most commonly coppiced tree species currently. The trees are cut during the winter before the sap has risen, and the branches are all cut low to the ground. By repeatedly cutting the trees their lifespan can be greatly increased.
https://www.stovesonline.co.uk/coppicing-firewood.htmlThe only problem is the labor in cutting trees & hauling wood.
I used a five pound ax to trim limbs after Dad fell a tree & limbed it up, then loaded the rounds after he cut them. My younger brothers remover the limbs as I cut them off the tree. We would unload the wood in the split yard & wash up, eat & bath then bed. Split & stack in the coming days, never cured wood, burnt it green. My father lift home when I was twelve years old, that is when I stopped cutting fire wood in the swamp & cut wood on the farm hedgerow. We moved into a house with gas heat when I fourteen years old, only cut wood when I cleared land after that.
No something I would want to do today unless it was the only way to heat the house. With solar tech of 2001, we can get a lot of heat from the sun, but would need some wood, too.
I never used a Rocket Stove, but they are said to put out more heat on less wood, & almost no smoke, the stove burns all the ash, so no smoke.