Seasoned hardwood logs
All our wood is produced from our woodland in St Dogmaels. Our hardwood is a mixture of ash, cherry, oak, sweet chestnut and sycamore. Once felled, the lengths are split and naturally dried to a water content of 25% or less before being cut into firewood.
Cutting Coppice
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Coppicing is the traditional practice of cutting broadleaf trees and shrubs to the ground. This stimulates vigorous regrowth from the stump. After a period of time, this process can be repeated (almost indefinitely) and ensures a sustainable supply of wood.
We can cut back existing and overgrown coups and we can also fell small areas of small to medium broadleaf maidens (trees with a single stem that have never been coppiced or pollarded) to establish new coppice. We only cut and fell October to March.
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We can cut felled wood into lengths and stack and we manage
"lop and top" through snedding into either dead hedging or habitat piles.
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We are a small team that uses traditional woodland management tools whenever possible. We use axe and bow saw for felling and other traditional tools such as slashers for scrub/bramble clearing. Occasionally, we use a re-chargeable chainsaw to cross-cut felled lengths but usually we would use a two-man saw for this purpose.
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If you have an area of woodland which you think might benefit from coppicing, please contact us for a chat. We will happily visit your woodland with you to discuss your requirements.
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Coedwen felling a thirty year old maiden to regrow as coppice (top photograph)
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