On Friday 15th December The Coppice Coop from Silverdale will be attending Lancaster’s Midwinter Market; demonstrating green woodwork techniques and selling a range of crafts made from locally sourced wood. They tell us more about their work in this week’s column.
What does the Coppice Coop do?
“We coppice local woodlands, supply local firewood, charcoal and a wide range of traditional products (for example, hazel hurdles, besom brooms, bean-poles, pea-sticks) and run craft and coppice courses from our woodland yard. We aim to: restore old, coppiced woodlands and make them productive again; to re-engage local people with the wonderful woodlands in the North West area of Britain; to encourage sustainable forest management and traditional crafts; to teach people the skills to carry out coppicing and greenwood crafts; to help promote the biodiversity of our woodlands and protect our wildlife and to provide local communities with ecologically produced products and services.”
What is coppicing?
“It’s a traditional, sustainable and productive form of woodland management where trees are regularly cut off at ground level, causing many rods (rather than one large trunk) to grow from the stump or ‘stool’. These rods are straight and long and can be used for many crafts and products.”
What does the winter mean for you and your work?
“The winter is the most important season for coppicers as it’s when the coppicing is carried out. Trees are cut down to ground level after the autumn leaf fall, when the sap has gone down, and before it rises again in the spring. So, in the winter, we’re busy coppicing and dressing out (preparing) products such as bean poles, hazel poles for weaving into hurdles, besom brash for besom brooms etc. We then process firewood at our yard, and make charcoal ready for the spring as well as making greenwood products. We also layer hazel in neglected coppice coupes (a ‘coupe’ is an area of coppice) so that the coupe will be restocked and will become more productive.
What do you enjoy most and least about the winter?
The best thing about winter is that it’s the most important time for a coppicer as it’s when the coppicing takes place and the wood is gathered. The worst thing about this season is the cold, wet days when there’s no fire to keep warm! (But that makes you work harder so you don’t get too cold!)
To find out more about the Coppice Coop visit the Midwinter Market and The Coppice Coop’s website coppicecoop.co.uk. To volunteer with the Coppice Coop email email@example.com or phone 07766 629533.
Siku ya Ijumaa, Desemba 15, The Coppice Coop kutoka Silverdale itahudhuria soko la Lancaster la Midwinter, kuonyesha mbinu za kazi ya mbao ya kijani na kuuza aina ya ufundi uliofanywa kutoka kwa mbao za ndani. Wanatuambia zaidi juu ya kazi yao katika safu ya wiki hii. Kampuni ya Coppice Coop hufanya nini? Tunakata misitu ya ndani, tunatoa kuni ya ndani, makaa ya mawe na bidhaa mbalimbali za jadi (kwa mfano, vizuizi vya hazel, brooms za besom, vifungo vya maharagwe, vijiti vya maharagwe) na kuendesha kozi za ufundi na misitu kutoka kwenye uwanja wetu wa misitu. "Tunakusudia: kurudisha misitu ya zamani, iliyokatwa na kuifanya iwe na uzalishaji tena; kuunganisha tena watu wa eneo hilo na misitu ya ajabu katika eneo la Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Uingereza; kuhamasisha usimamizi endelevu wa misitu na ufundi wa jadi; kuwafundisha watu ujuzi wa kufanya ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi wa ufundi." <unk>Ni aina ya jadi, endelevu na uzalishaji wa usimamizi wa misitu ambapo miti ni mara kwa mara kukatwa mbali katika ngazi ya ardhi, kusababisha vijiti vingi (mbele ya shina moja kubwa) kukua kutoka stump au <unk> stool<unk>. Vipande hivi ni vya moja kwa moja na virefu na vinaweza kutumiwa kwa ufundi na bidhaa nyingi. <unk> Majira ya baridi kali yanamaanisha nini kwako na kazi yako? <unk>Mwaka wa baridi ni msimu muhimu zaidi kwa coppicers kama ni wakati coppicing ni kufanyika. Miti hupunguzwa hadi chini baada ya majani kuanguka wakati wa vuli, wakati mimea imeshuka, na kabla ya kupanda tena wakati wa majira ya kuchipua. Kwa hiyo, katika majira ya baridi kali, sisi ni busy coppicing na dressing nje (kuandaa) bidhaa kama vile mimea ya maharagwe, mimea ya hazel kwa weaving katika vikwazo, besom brash kwa besom brooms nk. Kisha tunashughulikia kuni katika uwanja wetu, na kufanya makaa ya mawe tayari kwa ajili ya spring pamoja na kufanya bidhaa greenwood. Pia sisi tabaka hazel katika kuponi coppice kupuuzwa (a <unk>coupe<unk> ni eneo la coppice) hivyo kwamba kuponi itakuwa replenished na itakuwa na uzalishaji zaidi. Ni nini unachokipenda zaidi na kisichokipenda zaidi kuhusu majira ya baridi kali? Jambo bora kuhusu majira ya baridi ni kwamba ni wakati muhimu zaidi kwa coppicer kama ni wakati coppicing hufanyika na mbao ni zilizokusanywa. Jambo baya zaidi kuhusu msimu huu ni siku baridi, mvua wakati hakuna moto wa kuweka joto! (Lakini hiyo inakufanya ufanye kazi kwa bidii ili usiwe na baridi sana!) Ili kupata zaidi kuhusu Coppice Coop tembelea Midwinter Market na tovuti ya Coppice Coop coppicecoop.co.uk. Kwa wale ambao wanataka kushiriki katika kampeni ya CUPP, tafadhali tumia barua pepe ya CUPP@example.com au piga simu 0776-629533.