Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: How to Unlock Your Woodlot’s Potential

Taking Stock

Evaluating Your Options

Your Woodland Eye

2. Tools and Techniques: Essentials for the Homestead Woodlot

The Axe

From Rusty to Trusty: Restoring an Old Axe

Felling and Chopping

The Peavey

The Bow Saw

The Chainsaw

Splitting Firewood

Skidding Logs

The Portable Sawmill

3. Animals in the Forest: From Stumps to Greener Pastures

Silvopasture

The Closed-Loop Silvopasture Sequence

Pork Power for Stumps and Soil

Taking Stock of Livestock

Multispecies Grazing

4. The Coppice Forest: Fauna, Fodder, Fuel, and Furniture

A Brief History of Coppice Forestry

Establishing a Coppice Woodlot

Creative Woodlot Tending

Coppice with Standards

Fauna in Your Forest

Coppicing for Fodder

Coppicing for Charcoal

Forest Furniture

5. Woodland Structures: From Living Fence to Living Barn

Fencing Psychology

A Short History of Living Fences

Living Fences for the Homestead

Inosculation Hedges

The Living Fencepost

Formerly Living Fenceposts

Building with Stumps

Shelterbelts

The Living Barn

6. Giving Trees: Fruit, Honey, and Syrup

The Homestead Orchard

Deciding What to Grow

The Multipurpose Forest Micro-Orchard

The Art of Planting

Resurrecting the Woodland Orchard

Bees in the Woodland Homestead

Cellar and Cider: Enjoying the Harvest

The Homestead Sugarbush

7. Farming the Forest Floor: Nuts, Berries, Mushrooms, and More

Hügelkultur: A Whole-Tree Composting System

Cultivating Forest Edibles

Edibles, Medicinals, and Miscellany

Baskets, Burls, and Birch Bark

A Typical Woodland Homestead Calendar

Resources

Index

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Copyright

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