Author: Tim the Gardener

Early in March it’s time to start thinking about the year’s potato crop. Trenches are dug and lined with mulch or compost, and the potatoes can be planted at the end of the month.

Wood is split and then piled up. After a couple of years of seasoning, it is dry enough to burn.

Winter is the best time for tree work. Hazel trees should be cut down to ground level. New shoots will grow up from the base, re-invigorating the root system and old wood. A hazel tree coppiced regularly in this way can live for thousands of years. We first cut the above bank about seventeen years… Continue reading Coppiced hazel bank